nonperforming
Americanadjective
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not performing well or properly.
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Banking. noting or pertaining to a debt on which interest payments have been missed or slow, or for which the interest rate has been voluntarily lowered.
the rise in nonperforming loans.
Etymology
Origin of nonperforming
Example Sentences
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This could reduce nonperforming loan formation at banks, they say.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
Credit quality is good, they say, despite a few nonperforming loans here or there.
From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026
But he’s also watching capex spending forecasts closely as the rate of nonperforming loans relating to the AI push in the private-credit world pick up, which could eventually spook investors.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 3, 2026
The bank has reserved $45 million for loan losses and has $8.3 million of nonperforming loans.
From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026
Like other troubled Iranian banks, Ayandeh had a large number of nonperforming loans, one of a range of factors that eventually drove it to failure.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026
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