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Meaning of NONPERFORMANCE

Pronunciation:  `nânpur'formuns

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
 
 Synonyms: carelessness, neglect, negligence
 
 See Also: comparative negligence, concurrent negligence, contributory negligence, criminal negligence, culpable negligence, dereliction, dodging, escape, evasion, neglect of duty, nonaccomplishment, nonachievement

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Non`per*form"ance\, n.
Neglect or failure to perform.
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: culpa, culpable negligence, default, delinquency, dereliction, disconformity, disregard, endless task, failure, inadvertence, inadvertency, inattention, inexecution, inobservance, laches, laissez-faire, lapse, laxity, laxness, loose ends, looseness, neglect, neglectfulness, negligence, nonaccomplishment, nonachievement, nonadherence, noncompliance, nonconformance, nonconformity, nonconsummation, nondischarging, nonexecution, nonfeasance, nonfulfillment, noninterference, nonobservance, nonrestriction, omission, overlooking, oversight, permissiveness, poor stewardship, procrastination, remissness, rough edges, Sisyphean labor, slackness, slight, unfulfillment, unobservance, unrigorousness, work of Penelope
 

 

 

 

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