noncompliance

as in protest
formal the condition of not having or doing something that is officially required The town has increased the fine for noncompliance to $100.

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Recent Examples of noncompliance The bill would allow the Insurance Commissioner to fine insurers up to $625,000 annually for noncompliance with the mental health parity law. Katy Golvala, Hartford Courant, 23 May 2025 The city government has been hauled into federal court over its alleged noncompliance with the terms of the settlement of a lawsuit brought by the L.A. Alliance for Human Rights, a group of downtown residents and business owners. Susan Shelley, Oc Register, 5 June 2025 The list included dozens of cities and counties across 37 states and the District of Columbia that DHS said were in noncompliance with federal statutes. Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 2 June 2025 If a school is deemed to be in noncompliance, federal funds could be withdrawn. Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for noncompliance
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Noun
  • The protest, which drew a crowd of more than 150 people, was initially peaceful, Jabateh said.
    Ikram Mohamed, Chicago Tribune, 17 June 2025
  • The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals presided over a remote hearing regarding California's challenge to President Donald Trump's federalization of the state's National Guard troops amid protests over immigration enforcement in the Los Angeles area.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 17 June 2025
Noun
  • Is the goal to broaden appeal, reduce resistance or refocus on outcomes?
    Heather Price, Forbes.com, 12 June 2025
  • The festivities end on June 22 with KC Defender’s Juneteenth Freedom Day Cookout, which will celebrate the history of radical Black resistance.
    Zuri Primos, Kansas City Star, 12 June 2025
Noun
  • Disgraced female Wakandan warrior Noni (voiced by Winnie Harlow), who has been banished from the kingdom’s female elite forces the Dora Milaje for disobedience, is dispatched on a mission to track-down the general and bring him back.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 June 2025
  • In 2016, a British passenger flying Flybe—a now-defunct regional airline—from Amsterdam to Exeter was fined more than $600 for his disobedience.
    Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 12 May 2025
Noun
  • That objection gained force with the rise of Japan.
    Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 16 June 2025
  • The ban would make permanent temporary emergency regulations enacted last year over the objections of hemp business operators, who argue that the rules threaten the viability of California’s hemp industry.
    A.J. Herrington, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025

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“Noncompliance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noncompliance. Accessed 26 Jun. 2025.

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