non-compliantn.adj.
/ˌnɒnkəmˈplʌɪənt/, U.S. /ˌnɑnkəmˈplaɪ(ə)nt/ A. n.
A person who fails or refuses to comply.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > lack of subjection > [noun] > insubordinate person > intractable person
repugnant1625
Tartar1669
ugly customer1811
recalcitrant1825
non-compliant1854
intractable1883
non-cooperator1896
hardcore1916
badman1954
badass1956
banduluc1977
1854 J. G. Miall Footsteps of our Forefathers 243 The time fixed upon for compliance was just before the yearly tithes would be due, and the non-compliant would thus sacrifice a year's income.
1896 Daily News 16 Jan. 5/5 To carry out the threat of dismissing non-compliants.
1948 Amer. Econ. Rev. 38 455 Is the reader then to conclude that the United Mineworkers and the United Steelworkers—both concompliants—are ‘entirely ineffective’ unions?
1998 Amer. Polit. Sci. Rev. 92 863 This high proportion of noncompliants in the smallest faction is conistent with the unexpected sign for faction size in equation 4.
B. adj.
Of, relating to, or designating a person who fails or refuses to comply.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > [adjective] > refusing treatment
unmedicinable?1611
non-compliant1940
1940 Jrnl. Educ. Sociol. 13 325 The psychiatrist discounts the emphasis placed upon the noncompliant type of behaviour.
1977 Ann. Internal Med. 86 479/2 In objective studies, 154 patients were seen by residents and staff in a medical clinic and a teaching hospital. After interviews with these patients, 37% were classed as noncompliant.
1986 Psychiatric Devel. 4 335 Does improved compliance amongst previously noncompliant patients result in better outcome?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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