noncompliance
noun
non·com·pli·ance
ˌnän-kəm-ˈplī-ən(t)s 
: failure or refusal to comply with something (such as a rule or regulation) : a state of not being in compliance
terminated for noncompliance
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Almost half-a-billion dollars have already been recovered since the agency began sending out noncompliance letters in February.
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William Gavin, Quartz, 17 June 2024
Specifically, in 2021, 8.2% of American adults (ages 18 to 64) admitted to prescription medication noncompliance in the past 12 months in order to reduce associated costs.
—Jenifer M. Rodrigues, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2024
As with most international environmental accords, the 2016 Paris climate accord imposes no serious consequences for noncompliance.
—Kelly Sims Gallagher, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2021
In addition, the United States and its allies should supplement the coercive pressure being applied to Russia with efforts to make peace a more attractive option, such as conditional sanctions relief—with snapback clauses for noncompliance—that could prompt compromise.
—Samuel Charap, Foreign Affairs, 5 June 2023
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William Gavin, Quartz, 17 June 2024
Specifically, in 2021, 8.2% of American adults (ages 18 to 64) admitted to prescription medication noncompliance in the past 12 months in order to reduce associated costs.
—Jenifer M. Rodrigues, Hartford Courant, 29 Mar. 2024
As with most international environmental accords, the 2016 Paris climate accord imposes no serious consequences for noncompliance.
—Kelly Sims Gallagher, Foreign Affairs, 30 Sep. 2021
In addition, the United States and its allies should supplement the coercive pressure being applied to Russia with efforts to make peace a more attractive option, such as conditional sanctions relief—with snapback clauses for noncompliance—that could prompt compromise.
—Samuel Charap, Foreign Affairs, 5 June 2023
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noncompliance
noun
non·com·pli·ance
-kəm-ˈplī-ən(t)s
: failure or refusal to comply (as in the taking of prescribed medication)
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