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nonperformance

non·per·form·ance
N n

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [non-per-fawr-muh ns]
    • /ˌnɒn pərˈfɔr məns/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [non-per-fawr-muh ns]
    • /ˌnɒn pərˈfɔr məns/

Definitions of nonperformance word

  • noun nonperformance failure or neglect to perform. 1
  • noun nonperformance Failure or refusal to perform or fulfill a condition, promise, etc. 1
  • noun nonperformance failure to perform a task in a reasonable manner 0
See all 3 definitions of nonperformance

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Origin of nonperformance

First appearance:

before 1500
One of the 26% oldest English words
First recorded in 1500-10; non- + performance

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Nonperformance

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Nonperformance

nonperformance popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 48% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

nonperformance usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for nonperformance

noun nonperformance

  • delinquency — Delinquency is criminal behaviour, especially that of young people.
  • default — If a person, company, or country defaults on something that they have legally agreed to do, such as paying some money or doing a piece of work before a particular time, they fail to do it.
  • arrears — Arrears are amounts of money that you owe, especially regular payments that you should have made earlier.
  • failure — an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success: His effort ended in failure. The campaign was a failure.
  • abortion — If a woman has an abortion, she ends her pregnancy deliberately so that the baby is not born alive.
All 54 Synonyms of nonperformance

Antonyms for nonperformance

noun nonperformance

  • betterment — The betterment of something is the act or process of improving its standard or status.
  • improvement — an act of improving or the state of being improved.
  • increase — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
  • rise — to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
  • success — the favorable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavors; the accomplishment of one's goals.
All 27 Antonyms of nonperformance

Related words

  • failure

    an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success: His effort ended in failure. The campaign was a failure.
All related words to nonperformance

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