noncompliant
Not following rules
Noncompliant describes someone or something that fails to follow rules, standards, or requirements.
A noncompliant patient doesn't take medication as prescribed.
A noncompliant building violates code.
The term appears often in medical, regulatory, and technical contexts: The audit flagged several noncompliant practices.
The noun is noncompliance.
Defying rightful authority
- disobedientRefusing to follow orders
- rebelliousResisting authority or control
- mutinousDisposed to revolt
- recalcitrantStubbornly resistant to control
contumacious · refractory · wayward · unruly · resistant · oppositional · insolent · dissident
Firmly refusing to yield
- intransigentRefusing to compromise
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- headstrongStubbornly self-willed
- willfulIntentionally unyielding
mulish · inflexible · adamant · obdurate · unbending · uncompromising · immovable · dogged
Breaking of rules
- infractionMinor rule breach
- breachBreaking of agreement
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
- auditFormal accounts examination
citation · sanction · enforcement · inspection · fine · warning · remediation · deviation
Public expression of disapproval
- objectionExpression of disapproval
- refusalAct of declining
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
disagreement · nonconformist · conscientious objector · civil disobedience · boycott · nonconsent · nonparticipation · opt-out
Lacking any regulation
- untreatedNot given care
- refractoryResistant to heat/control
- resistantWithstanding external forces
- unmanagedLacking direction or control
lapsed · discontinuation · non-adherence · unmonitored · irregular
insubordinate
Defying rightful authority
- disobedientRefusing to follow orders
- rebelliousResisting authority or control
- mutinousDisposed to revolt
recalcitrant · contumacious · refractory · wayward · unruly · resistant · oppositional · insolent · dissident · insurgent
obstinate
Firmly refusing to yield
- intransigentRefusing to compromise
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- headstrongStubbornly self-willed
willful · mulish · inflexible · adamant · obdurate · unbending · uncompromising · immovable · dogged · tenacious
violation
Breaking of rules
- infractionMinor rule breach
- breachBreaking of agreement
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
audit · citation · sanction · enforcement · inspection · fine · warning · remediation · deviation · discrepancy
protest
Public expression of disapproval
- objectionExpression of disapproval
- refusalAct of declining
- oppositionActive resistance or dissent
resistance · disagreement · nonconformist · conscientious objector · civil disobedience · boycott · nonconsent · nonparticipation · opt-out · rejection
uncontrolled
Lacking any regulation
- untreatedNot given care
- refractoryResistant to heat/control
- resistantWithstanding external forces
unmanaged · lapsed · discontinuation · non-adherence · unmonitored · irregular
- "Non-" wordsnonprofit, nonfiction, nonstop, nonsense, nonfat
- misbehaviormisbehave, misbehavior, mischief, misconduct, naughty
- resistersobjector, resister, refusenik, conscientious objector, holdout
- Nonconformistsnonconformist, rebels, rebel, misfits, misfit
- statusstatus, prestige, ranking, reputation, elite
- statusespending, active, approved, inactive, completed
noncompliantcompliant
Yielding to others' wishes
obedient · submissive · acquiescent · cooperative · conforming
noncompliantcompliant
Yielding to others' wishes
conforming · conformant · adherent · by the book · certified
noncompliantwilling
Ready without resistance
cooperative · amenable · agreeable · accommodating · obliging