nonperformance

English

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *né
Proto-Germanic *ne
Proto-Indo-European *ís?
Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos
Proto-Germanic *ainaz
Proto-Germanic *nainaz
Proto-West Germanic *nain
Old English nān
Middle English non
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Old English nān
Old English nān-
Middle English non-
English non-
English performance
English nonperformance

    From non- + performance.

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    Noun

    nonperformance (countable and uncountable, plural nonperformances)

    1. A failure to perform a task, especially a task that one was legally bound to do.
      Near-synonym: unperformance

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