nonperformance

non·per·form·ing

N5161600 (nŏn′pər-fôr′mĭng)adj.1. Performing poorly or unsatisfactorily: nonperforming schools.2. Failing to produce income: a bank with many nonperforming loans.

non′per·for′mance n.non′per·form′er n.

nonperformance

(ˌnɒnpəˈfɔːməns) n (Law) law failure to perform a task in a reasonable manner

Thesaurus

Noun

nonperformance - failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstancesnegligence, carelessness, neglectnonaccomplishment, nonachievement - an act that does not achieve its intended goaldereliction - willful negligencecomparative negligence - (law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiffconcurrent negligence - (law) negligence of two of more persons acting independently; the plaintiff may sue both together or separatelycontributory negligence - (law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant's negligence; "in common law any degree of contributory negligence would bar the plaintiff from collecting damages"criminal negligence, culpable negligence - (law) recklessly acting without reasonable caution and putting another person at risk of injury or death (or failing to do something with the same consequences)neglect of duty - (law) breach of a dutydodging, escape, evasion - nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do; "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible"; "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive"

nonperformance

noun

Synonyms for nonperformance

noun failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances

Synonyms

negligence
carelessness
neglect

Related Words

nonaccomplishment
nonachievement
dereliction
comparative negligence
concurrent negligence
contributory negligence
criminal negligence
culpable negligence
neglect of duty
dodging
escape
evasion