unperformancen.
/(ˌ)ʌnpəˈfɔːməns/, U.S. /ˌənpərˈfɔrməns/ Non-performance. Also in early use: †failure to perform an action successfully (obsolete).
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the world > action or operation > inaction > not doing > [noun] > non-performance or non-execution
non-performing1444
non-execution1473
non-performance1509
undoing1587
unperformance1608
abortion1610
failure1643
unperforming1645
inexecution1681
disfulfilment1823
insolvency1896
slippage1920
1608 Dispute Question of Kneeling 138 Kneeling..is altogether accidentall and uncerteyne, and so, by consequence, liable to an unperformance.
1689 Royal Wanton 8 The infirm part of his Love, his deficience in her Arms, she generously conceal'd..; lest the ridiculing of his unperformance might diminish from her own Charms and Attractions.
1845 W. G. Simms Views & Rev. in Amer. Lit., Hist. & Fiction v. 209 His eager and proud spirit did not suffer him to remain long in unperformance.
1915 N. Amer. Rev. May 666 The unemployed multitudes must in some way be transferred to the scene of unperformance.
1981 Music Educators Jrnl. Mar. 38/1 A work consisting of four minutes and thirty-three seconds of unheard unperformance.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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