Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Not willing to comply.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Not compliant; not yielding to solicitation; not disposed to comply. Also
uncompliant .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Not compliant; unyielding to request, solicitation, or command; stubborn.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Not
compliant .
Etymologies
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Examples
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You do not display an angry attitude, you do not yell at the officer, you do not be incompliant, and you make sure that even if you think that they are in the wrong for arresting you in no way should you resist arrest!
Ryan Mack: What I Hope We Learn from the Heather Ellis Case 2009
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That it was camp policy to systematically beat incompliant prisoners, Tarek says, makes it hardly surprisingly that such vicious attacks could result in death.
Think Progress » Bush Officials Stoke International Outrage Over Guantanamo Suicides 2006
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That could be sooner rather than later after Musharraf fired incompliant supreme court justices and replaced them with his allies.
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For years, Kynaston was lauded by the press and adored by his fans; but within a couple of weeks, he was this monster freak, and people were writing nasty poems about him: “Grown so large and incompliant, call Desdemona, enter Giant”.
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He likes it not, as that which is incompliant with his dispositions, inclinations, and desires — as inconsistent with everything wherein he placeth his interest.
Christologia 1616-1683 1965
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He warned that he would make changes at the incompliant agencies if they did not adjust to his wishes.
Thestar.com - Home Page Daniel Dale 2011
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If we resist and quench the motions of his Spirit, and be incompliant to the dictates and suggestions of it.
The Works of Dr. John Tillotson, Late Archbishop of Canterbury. Vol. 10. 1630-1694 1820
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Also needed, they said, was a pursuit of efforts to deal with Non-Cooperative Jurisdictions, including public listing of incompliant jurisdictions by the end of 2010 and, if necessary, application of counter measures.
SofiaEcho RSS feed 2010
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"Instead of monitoring each and every single website, every day with our own employees, we are now able to have hundreds of professional 'watch dogs' seeking out incompliant products to protect Allied Wallet, our merchants, and their consumers." says Andy Khawaja, CEO and owner of Allied Wallet.
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Doom9's Forum, THE in-place to be for everyone interested in DVD conversion. weightp incompliant Blu-ray standalone players?
Doom9's Forum A.Fenderson 2010
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