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

That disparity reflects whom the system was built to target — whose neighborhoods get referrals, whose noncompliance gets flagged as dangerous rather than overlooked, and whose poverty or hospitalization is interpreted as risk, not need. — Sakeena Trice, New York Daily News, 19 Aug. 2026

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser is suing the private prison company GEO, which operates the Aurora ICE Processing Center, for noncompliance with a state public health order. — Anna Alejo, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

Instead, noncompliance would become a factor in prioritizing which substances receive post-market scrutiny and potential enforcement. — Jesse M. Pines, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Commercial vessels passing through the strait would be subject to fees of up to 7% of cargo value and a 20% fine for noncompliance. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 7 Aug. 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