noncompliance

noun

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

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

terminated for noncompliance

noncompliant

ˌnän-kəm-ˈplī-ənt 

adjective

noncompliant patients

a noncompliant facility

Examples of noncompliance in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

States risk losing federal election funds at various junctures for noncompliance. —Lisa Mascaro The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 30 Jan. 2026

The judge warned that future noncompliance by ICE with federal judicial orders could result in his ordering acting ICE Director Todd Lyons or other government officials to personally appear in court to explain their actions. —Dan Mangan, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2026

In noncompliance records from 2023 reviewed by The Times, Manning Beef was accused of multiple instances of a leaky ceiling, separate instances of live insects on the kill floor, unsanitary conditions and operational malfunctions. —Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 28 Jan. 2026

So civil disobedience and noncompliance are indeed justified. —Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 26 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1648, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for noncompliance

• geoscience
• neuroscience
• pseudoscience
• appliance
• compliance
• defiance
• reliance
• science

Medical Definition

noncompliance

noun

non·​com·​pli·​ance -kəm-ˈplī-ən(t)s 

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

noncompliant

-ənt 

adjective