compliant

[kuh m-plahy-uh nt]

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adjective

complying; obeying, obliging, or yielding, especially in a submissive way: a man with a compliant nature.

manufactured or produced in accordance with a specified body of rules (usually used in combination): Energy Star-compliant computers.

Origin of compliant

First recorded in 1635–45; comply + -ant

Related formscom·pli·ant·ly, adverbo·ver·com·pli·ant, adjectivepre·com·pli·ant, adjectivequa·si-com·pli·ant, adjectivequa·si-com·pli·ant·ly, adverbun·com·pli·ant, adjectiveun·com·pli·ant·ly, adverb

Can be confusedcomplacent complaisant compliant

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Related Words for uncompliant

adamantine, balky, bullheaded, cantankerous, contumacious, determined, die-hard, dogged, grim, hardheaded, headstrong, implacable, incompliant, inexorable, insubordinate, intractable, intransigent, iron, mulish, obdurate

Examples from the Web for uncompliant

Historical Examples of uncompliant

Mrs. Fuller was as gentle and unobtrusive as her stalwart husband was forceful and uncompliant.
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Seth Curtis Beach

British Dictionary definitions for uncompliant

compliant

compliable

adjective

complying, obliging, or yielding

Derived Formscompliantly or compliably, adverbcompliantness or compliableness, noun

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Word Origin and History for uncompliant

compliant

adj.

1640s, from comply + -ant.