Noncompliant

adj, noun

adj, noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who fails to comply, for example with a law.
  2. 2
    a person who refuses to comply wordnet
Adjective
  1. 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."

  2. 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."

Adjective
  1. 1
    boldly resisting authority or an opposing force wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
balkerbalkerbaulkerdefiantdefiantdisregardful

Example

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"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."

Etymology

From non- + compliant.

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