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

Before any involvement from the Chicago Police Department, BACP issues administrative notices for noncompliance. — Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 11 Nov. 2026

When courts signal to those same bureaucrats that fees won't be awarded, noncompliance costs them literally nothing. — Arkansas Online, 30 Oct. 2026

But Havel’s vision went beyond private acts of disobedience and noncompliance. — Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026

Jordan Tyler, 36, of Marlborough, was charged with noncompliance with insurance requirements, according to the Connecticut Division of Criminal Justice. — Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 18 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1648, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for noncompliance

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