NONPERFORMANCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does nonperformance mean? 

• NONPERFORMANCE (noun)
  The noun NONPERFORMANCE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: NONPERFORMANCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• NONPERFORMANCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

carelessness; neglect; negligence; nonperformance

Hypernyms ("nonperformance" is a kind of...):

nonaccomplishment; nonachievement (an act that does not achieve its intended goal)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nonperformance"):

dereliction (willful negligence)

comparative negligence ((law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff)

concurrent negligence ((law) negligence of two of more persons acting independently; the plaintiff may sue both together or separately)

contributory negligence ((law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant's negligence)

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 duty)

dodging; escape; evasion (nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do)