as in protest
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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
Peace officers can issue a notice of autonomous vehicle noncompliance for a vehicle code violation or local traffic ordinance violation when autonomous technology is engaged.
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David Roberts,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Democrats have said her failure to appear for that deposition constituted noncompliance with the subpoena.
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Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
The fines for noncompliance are rounding errors.
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Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
In 15 of the 31 lawsuits the AP reviewed, an appellate court or the Supreme Court either allowed the administration’s underlying policy, limited the district court’s efforts to correct or punish the noncompliance, or both.
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Sudhin Thanawala,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for noncompliance
David Roberts,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
Democrats have said her failure to appear for that deposition constituted noncompliance with the subpoena.
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Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
29 May 2026
The fines for noncompliance are rounding errors.
—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
In 15 of the 31 lawsuits the AP reviewed, an appellate court or the Supreme Court either allowed the administration’s underlying policy, limited the district court’s efforts to correct or punish the noncompliance, or both.
—
Sudhin Thanawala,
Los Angeles Times,
2 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for noncompliance
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The protests culminated on Saturday with a rally at New Delhi’s Jantar Mantar monument – a site Dipke has not left since.
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In March, following the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, protests erupted in Karachi and Islamabad, leading to the deaths of more than 20 people, according to multiple media reports.
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There’s a dry, droll seam of generation-gap humor in George’s continued, failed attempts to insert himself as a father figure into the life of someone who never asked for one, and Zeke’s blankly bemused resistance to his efforts.
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The plan to buy large warehouses unfit for human habitation and spend millions more to convert them to prisons sparked nationwide backlash and pointed resistance in Social Circle and Oakwood.
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The Catholic Church teaches that all other people are conceived with original sin as a result of Adam and Eve’s disobedience to God in the Garden of Eden.
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There is zero tolerance for political disobedience.
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Most of those objections no longer hold.
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Republicans are considering a sizable, $350-billion-plus increase in Defense spending on par with the White House’s budget request that the GOP could pass on its own, through the reconciliation process that allows Senate majority rule over potential objections from Democrats.
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“Noncompliance.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/noncompliance. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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