nonconformance

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noun

Failure to conform.

“The focus for preventive actions is to avoid creating nonconformances, but also commonly includes improvements in efficiency.”

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Meanings

nounnonconformance (countable and uncountable, plural nonconformances)

plural nonconformances

  1. countableuncountableFailure to conform.

    The focus for preventive actions is to avoid creating nonconformances, but also commonly includes improvements in efficiency.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna lack of orthodoxy in thoughts or beliefs

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nonconformitynonconformism
Broader
unorthodoxyheterodoxyheresy

nounfailure to conform to accepted standards of behavior

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nonconformity
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failure
Also see
nonconformismnonconformityunconformity

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From non- + conformance.

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Cite this entry
APA

nonconformance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonconformance

MLA

“nonconformance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonconformance. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonconformance,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonconformance.

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