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nonconform

nonconform noun: a manufactured product, that is conform to the living required standards in a zone.

Noun

nonconform (plural nonconforms)

  1. A manufactured product, that is conform to the living required standards in a zone.
    • Within a particular batch there are a number of nonconforms sprinkled in some unknown way[…]2006, William D. Mawby, Integrating Inspection Management Into Your Quality Improvement System, page 57

Verb

nonconform (third-person singular simple present nonconforms, present participle nonconforming, simple past and past participle nonconformed)

  1. (intransitive) To fail or refuse to conform; to differ.
    • I did not acknowledge that I had Lesbian feelings until I was in my twenties, but long before that Baldwin's homosexuality was also a hopeful sign. If nothing else, it indicated his capacity to radically non-conform, to carve out his own emotional freedom, lessons that I myself would have to learn.1987 December 20, Barbara Smith, “We Must Always Bury Our Dead Twice”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 23, page 8
    • Where an individual fails to live up to expectancies, i.e. nonconforms, he (or she) loses credits, but may maintain some appropriate level of credits by continuing to be perceived as a contributor to the fulfillment of the goals of the group.2006, Ralph L. Rosnow, Donald A. Hantula, Advances in social and organizational psychology, page 299

Synonyms of nonconform

Antonyms

Forms of nonconform

Noun
pluralnonconforms
Verb
third-person singular presentnonconforms
present participlenonconforming
past participlenonconformed
pastnonconformed

Origin of nonconform

From non- + conform.

Questions about nonconform

What does nonconform mean?
Nonconform means a manufactured product, that is conform to the living required standards in a zone.
What part of speech is nonconform?
Nonconform can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of nonconform?
The plural of nonconform is nonconforms.

Words near nonconform in the dictionary

  1. nonconflicting
  2. nonconflictual
  3. nonconfluence
  4. nonconfluent
  5. nonconfocal
  6. nonconform
  7. nonconformable
  8. nonconformably
  9. nonconformal
  10. nonconformally
  11. nonconformance

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