noncompliance
[ non-kuh m-plahy-uh ns ]
/ ˌnɒn kəmˈplaɪ əns /
noun
failure or refusal to comply, as with a law, regulation, or term of a contract.
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Origin of noncompliance
First recorded in 1680–90; non- + compliance
OTHER WORDS FROM noncompliance
non·com·pli·ant, non·com·ply·ing, adjective, nounWords nearby noncompliance
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Example sentences from the Web for non-compliant
In this interval means were used to mollify their non-compliant tempers, but all endeavours proved ineffectual.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II.|Tobias Smollett
British Dictionary definitions for non-compliant
noncompliance
/ (ˌnɒnkəmˈplaɪəns) /
noun
the act or state of not complying
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