Noncompliance — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the failure to obey

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/nˌɑːŋkəmplˈaɪəns/

🇬🇧British English

/nˌɒŋkəmplˈaɪəns/

🇮🇳Indian English

/nˌɒŋkəmplˈaɪəns/

3 syllables Say it as /nˌɑːŋkəmplˈaɪəns/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

disobedience

Antonyms

obedience compliance

Word Forms

disobedient	adjective	not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority
disobey	verb	refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient
noncompliant	adjective	boldly resisting authority or an opposing force

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Nichteinhaltung

das Nichtgehorchen

🇫🇷French

non-conformité

le défaut d'obéir

🇪🇸Spanish

incumplimiento

el incumplimiento de obedecer

🇮🇹Italian

non conformità

la mancata obbedienza

🇳🇱Dutch

niet-naleving

het onvermogen om te gehoorzamen

🇵🇹Portuguese

descumprimento

a falha em obedecer

🇷🇺Russian

несоблюдение

неподчинение

India

🇮🇳Hindi

गैर अनुपालन

आज्ञापालन में असफलता

🇧🇩Bengali

অসম্মতি

মানতে ব্যর্থতা

🇮🇳Tamil

இணக்கமின்மை

கீழ்ப்படியத் தவறியது

🇮🇳Telugu

పాటించకపోవడం

పాటించడంలో వైఫల్యం

🇮🇳Marathi

पालन न करणे

पालन करण्यात अपयश

🇮🇳Gujarati

અનુપાલન

પાલન કરવામાં નિષ્ફળતા

🇮🇳Kannada

ಅನುವರ್ತನೆ

ಪಾಲಿಸಲು ವಿಫಲತೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അനുസരണക്കേട്

അനുസരിക്കാനുള്ള പരാജയം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਗੈਰ ਪਾਲਣਾ

ਪਾਲਣਾ ਕਰਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਸਫਲਤਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

عدم تعمیل

اطاعت کرنے میں ناکامی

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

不遵守规定

不服从

🇯🇵Japanese

不遵守

従わないこと

🇰🇷Korean

비준수

순종하지 않는 것

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự không tuân thủ

sự không tuân theo

🇹🇭Thai

การไม่ปฏิบัติตาม

การไม่เชื่อฟัง

🇮🇩Indonesian

ketidakpatuhan

kegagalan untuk mematuhi

🇵🇭Filipino

hindi pagsunod

ang kabiguang sumunod

🇲🇾Malay

ketidakpatuhan

kegagalan untuk mematuhi

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

عدم الامتثال

عدم الطاعة

🇮🇷Persian

عدم انطباق

عدم اطاعت

🇹🇷Turkish

uyumsuzluk

itaat etmemek

🇮🇱Hebrew

אי ציות

אי הציות

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