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

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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"

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

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