nonperformer

noun

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non·per·form·er | \ ˌnän-pər-ˈfȯr-mər

, -pə- \

plural nonperformers

Definition of nonperformer

: a person or thing that does not perform … workshops designed to help aspiring and practicing performers and nonperformers understand the artistic process and to develop practical skills. — Tampa Bay Times In the business world, nonperformers [=businesspeople who perform their jobs poorly] are shown to the door without ceremony. — Business Week … nonperformers are loans on which interest payments are in arrears, usually by 60 days or more … — Business Week

Examples of nonperformer in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web For a nonperformer to take this powerful a character into the public realm — to be channeling a mystical element of herself, and perhaps all of us, in broad daylight — has been an adventure. — BostonGlobe.com, 23 Mar. 2021 Bartholomew was inducted in the Louisiana Music Hall of Fame in 2009 and as a nonperformer in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1991. — Mike Scott, NOLA.com, 3 Apr. 2018

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