nonperformance
Failure to act
Nonperformance is failure to do something that was required or expected, especially fulfilling a contractual obligation: The landlord sued for nonperformance of the lease terms.
The word appears mainly in legal and business contexts, where it can trigger penalties or termination of agreements.
Lack of movement
- passivityState of non-resistance
- idlenessState of doing nothing
- stagnationAbsence of flow or progress
- dormancySuspended biological activity
inertia · procrastination · delay · unresponsiveness · disengagement · nonfulfillment · noncompletion · abstention
Breaking of agreement
- defaultPreset standard option
- violationBreaking of rules
- noncomplianceFailure to follow requirements
- penaltyPunishment for wrongdoing
damages · liability · remedy · termination · enforcement · arbitration · litigation · injunction
Failure to operate properly
- breakdownFailure or decomposition
- defectInherent imperfection or fault
- faultImperfection or blame
- shortcomingA fault or weakness
inadequacy · omission · dereliction · misfire · dysfunction · collapse · disruption · error
Failure to exercise care
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- disregardWillful lack of attention
- inattentionLack of focus
- carelessnessInattention causing mistakes
irresponsibility · remissness · laxity · slackness · heedlessness · abandonment · dereliction · forgetfulness
inactivity
Lack of movement
- passivityState of non-resistance
- idlenessState of doing nothing
- stagnationAbsence of flow or progress
dormancy · inertia · procrastination · delay · unresponsiveness · disengagement · nonfulfillment · noncompletion · abstention · withholding
breach
Breaking of agreement
- defaultPreset standard option
- violationBreaking of rules
- noncomplianceFailure to follow requirements
penalty · damages · liability · remedy · termination · enforcement · arbitration · litigation · injunction · rescission
malfunction
Failure to operate properly
shortcoming · inadequacy · omission · dereliction · misfire · dysfunction · collapse · disruption · error · debacle
negligence
Failure to exercise care
- oversightSupervision or inadvertent omission
- disregardWillful lack of attention
- inattentionLack of focus
carelessness · irresponsibility · remissness · laxity · slackness · heedlessness · abandonment · dereliction · forgetfulness · unmindfulness
- contract lawobligation, capacity, breach, contract terms, consideration
- wrongdoingmisconduct, crime, sabotage, crimes, misbehavior
- failuresfailure, failures, flop, flops, bust
- negligenceneglect, gross negligence, criminal negligence, medical negligence, negligence
- faultfault, gross negligence, culpa, criminal negligence, recklessness
- Jewish contractsketubah, loan agreement, binding agreements, sale contract, written contract
nonperformanceperformance
Carrying out a task
fulfilment · fulfillment · compliance · execution · discharge
nonperformanceaccomplishment
Successful completion of aim
achievement · completion · execution · attainment · realization
nonperformanceperformance
Carrying out a task
functioning · operation · action · execution · working
perform, performance, performer, performing, performed, performers, reforming, outperforms, outperformed