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nonfeasance
noun as in failure
Strong matches
- abortion
- bankruptcy
- bomb
- botch
- breakdown
- bungle
- bust
- checkmate
- collapse
- decay
- decline
- default
- defeat
- deficiency
- deficit
- delinquency
- dereliction
- deterioration
- downfall
- failing
- fiasco
- flop
- frustration
- implosion
- inadequacy
- lemon
- loser
- loss
- mess
- misadventure
- miscarriage
- misstep
- neglect
- nonperformance
- omission
- overthrow
- rout
- rupture
- stalemate
- stoppage
- turkey
- washout
- wreck
Example Sentences
It also says the state board could remove the county board if it finds that during at least two elections over two years the county board has shown “nonfeasance, malfeasance, or gross negligence.”
“The only question that remains is whether this is nonfeasance or malfeasance,” he said.
It could also remove the county board if it finds that during at least two elections over two years the board has shown “nonfeasance, malfeasance, or gross negligence.”
“What type of ‘malfeasance’ or ‘nonfeasance’ might someone be accused of?”
To do otherwise would be ignoring very recent history and would be a dangerous act of nonfeasance.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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