noncompliance

noun non·com·pli·ance \ ˌnän-kəm-ˈplī-ən(t)s \

Definition of noncompliance

:failure or refusal to comply with something (such as a rule or regulation) :a state of not being in compliance

terminated for noncompliance

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noncompliant

play \ˌnän-kəm-ˈplī-ənt\ adjective

- noncompliant patients
- a noncompliant facility

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There should be fines if the rules aren’t followed, and someone should be taken to court for noncompliance.

— diane stafford, kansascity, "How to regulate Airbnb rentals? Kansas City wrangles complexities," 12 Aug. 2017
Some of them turned their own friends and families in for noncompliance, some fed their prisoners to guard dogs, and the most brutal of them all made a lampshade with the skin of babies.

— mitchell blatt, National Review, "Why Are the Media Sympathetic toward the Women of ISIS?," 12 Aug. 2017
Low Penalty There is debate over whether repealing the individual-coverage requirement would have much impact because the financial penalty for noncompliance isn’t high.

— laura litvan, Bloomberg.com, "GOP Pledge to Torch Obamacare Veers Toward Bare-Bones Repeal," 27 July 2017
Noncompliance with the GDPR could incur eye-popping penalties of up to 4% of a company’s global revenues.

— jeff john roberts, Fortune, "Why Google, Facebook, and Amazon Should Worry About Europe," 20 July 2017
The Sun Sentinel Editorial Board has come down on the side of noncompliance.

— dan sweeney, Sun-Sentinel.com, "State lawyers keeping busy: Blackjack lawsuit settled, but two new lawsuits against Florida filed," 6 July 2017
The steep financial penalties for noncompliance with the law’s provisions could wipe out his city’s entire budget in a just a few weeks.

— NBC News, "A Small Town Mayor Takes on Texas Over New Immigration Law," 5 June 2017
Gilead’s biblical judgments often seem laughably arbitrary and primitive (noncompliance is punished with eye-gouging, for example).

— shadi hamid, The Atlantic, "The Handmaid's Tale," 24 May 2017
The law doesn’t allow the state to issue fines for noncompliance.

— ryan sabalow and phillip reese, sacbee, "Most California farm-water suppliers are breaking this law. Why doesn’t the state act?," 21 May 2017

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noncompliance

noun non·com·pli·ance \ -kəm-ˈplī-ən(t)s \

medical Definition of noncompliance

:failure or refusal to comply (as in the taking of prescribed medication)

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noncompliant

play \-ənt\ adjective

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