noncompliance

[non-kuhm-plahy-uhns]

noun

1. failure or refusal to comply, as with a law, regulation, or term of a contract.

noncompliance

/ ˌnɒnkəmˈplaɪəns /

noun

1. the act or state of not complying

Other Word Forms

• noncompliant adjective
• noncomplying adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of noncompliance¹

First recorded in 1680–90; non- + compliance

Example Sentences

In 2019, both the U.S. and Russia withdrew from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, which banned ground launched intermediate range missiles, accusing the other of noncompliance.

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Harvard, but some schools figured they could disguise their noncompliance.

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Nevertheless, air sampling has continued to find troubling levels of toxic metals after equipment malfunctions, repairs and noncompliance with regulation.

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In that context, Sharp’s pragmatic strategies for noncompliance can be considered an active, peaceful response to the sense of powerlessness that authoritarians like “our” president aim to foster.

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“Border Patrol’s interior sweeps demonstrate a pattern of noncompliance with the statutory and constitutional limits on its authority,” attorneys argued in that case.

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Related Words

• refusal