non-performern.
/ˌnɒnpəˈfɔːmə/, U.S. /ˌnɑnpərˈfɔrmər/ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > [noun] > non-performance or non-execution > one who
non-performer1654
1654 W. Eyre Vindiciæ Justificationis Gratuitæ 207 None at all are perfectly in Covenant with God... The non-performers of the Condition are not, for till the Condition be performed, men have no right or interest in the blessings promised.
1675 A. Woodhead et al. Paraphr. St. Paul 22 With a curse to the non-performers.
2. A person who does not perform in dramatic, musical, etc., entertainment.
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1885 G. B. Shaw Wks. (1932) VI. 202 I am going to take a peep behind: that is, if non-performers may be admitted.
1990 in J. Ziolkowski On Philology 40 I draw special attention to the evolution from performer to non-performer in the case of Sophocles.
3. A person who or thing which does not perform well or as required; a person who does not live up to expectation.
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the world > action or operation > failure or lack of success > [noun] > one who or that which is unsuccessful
failure1836
stumer1891
flop1893
dead-ender1915
no-ball1922
dead loss1927
non-performer1962
bust-out1963
1962 Industr. & Labor Relations Rev. 15 271/2 What does the company do with the ‘non-performer’—the executive who is simply coasting till retirement?
1991 Boston Apr. 76/2 That meant that in the remaining 40 percent, there had to be still more nonperformers.
2000 J. Tick Ruth Crawford Seeger iii. vii. 115 As a part-time non-performer faculty member..he was shuttled into the periphery of the curriculum.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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