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Definition of "nonfeasance" []

  • Failure to perform an act that is either an official duty or a legal requirement. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "nonfeasance" in a sentence
  • "When no one laughed along, Sherman focused in on the Bush Admin's "nonfeasance" to see if that was an impeachable offense."
  • "And the article in The Nation provides valuable new evidence to go along with all of the other evidence of malfeasance, misfeasance, and nonfeasance that we've seen up until now."
  • "Not being a Senator, I need not have an opinion on whether this probably innocent act of nonfeasance ought to disqualify Mr. Geithner from high office."
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