nonperformer

noun

non·​per·​form·​er ˌnän-pər-ˈfȯr-mər 

-pə-

plural nonperformers

: 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

Word History

First Known Use

1654, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for nonperformer

• conformer
• informer
• performer
• reformer
• transformer
• dormer
• former
• warmer