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non-compliant

non-compliant is the alternative form of noncompliant.

Meaning of noncompliant

Adjective

noncompliant (comparative more noncompliant, superlative most noncompliant)

  1. Not cooperating; rebellious.
    • It was directed toward a program, "Tuesday's Child," which endorses systematic, unquestioning rejection by parents of the program-created noncompliant behaviors in their eighteen-month- to five-year-old children.1988 January 22, Laya Frischer, “Further Adventures in Tot Control”, in Chicago Reader
  2. Not complying with certain rules or regulations.
    • We just need to finish up a couple of things on the project, to make sure nothing's left noncompliant.

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Origin of non-compliant

From non- + compliant.

Questions about non-compliant

What is non-compliant the alternative form of?
Non-compliant is the alternative form of noncompliant.

Words near non-compliant in the dictionary

  1. non-compatible
  2. non-compete
  3. non-competes
  4. non-competitive
  5. non-compliance
  6. non-compliant
  7. non-composite
  8. non-compositional
  9. non-compositionality
  10. non-compulsory
  11. non-computable

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