nonperformance
- n failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
- As Mann told a group of insurers in a speech: "It is obvious that performance cars are involved in a much higher number of accidents than nonperformance cars.
- In a multiplicity of problems such as the Secretary of War's lies a great excuse for nonperformance.
- The only exposure for EDS is in the unlikely event of nonperformance by our company, which would permit the customer to terminate the contract.