Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Failing or refusing to conform; specifically, refusing to comply with the requisitions of the Act of Uniformity, or to conform to the forms and regulations of the Church of England. See nonconformist.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Not conforming; declining conformity; especially, not conforming to the established church of a country.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective That does not conform, either to the rules of an established church, or to official regulations

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective not conforming to established customs or doctrines especially in religion

Etymologies

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non- + conforming

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Examples

  • -- Converting jumbo to non-jumbo: Another consequence of the financial crisis has been to increase the price difference between standard conforming loans that can be purchased by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which cannot exceed $417,000, and loans that exceed that amount, called nonconforming jumbos.

    The Mortgage Professor: 'Lease-to-own' arrangements gain traction in shaky market 2010

  • -- Converting jumbo to non-jumbo: Another consequence of the financial crisis has been to increase the price difference between standard conforming loans that can be purchased by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which cannot exceed $417,000, and loans that exceed that amount, called nonconforming jumbos.

    The Mortgage Professor: 'Lease-to-own' arrangements gain traction in shaky market 2010

  • -- Converting jumbo to non-jumbo: Another consequence of the financial crisis has been to increase the price difference between standard conforming loans that can be purchased by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which cannot exceed $417,000, and loans that exceed that amount, called nonconforming jumbos.

    The Mortgage Professor: 'Lease-to-own' arrangements gain traction in shaky market 2010

  • -- Converting jumbo to non-jumbo: Another consequence of the financial crisis has been to increase the price difference between standard conforming loans that can be purchased by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which cannot exceed $417,000, and loans that exceed that amount, called nonconforming jumbos.

    The Mortgage Professor: 'Lease-to-own' arrangements gain traction in shaky market 2010

  • Investors are balking at buying securities backed by so-called nonconforming loans.

    Bear Stearns Will Cut 310 Jobs 2007

  • Most jumbo mortgages, also known as nonconforming mortgages, require at least 20 percent down and a credit score of 720 or more.

    NYT > Home Page By VIVIAN S. TOY 2011

  • Also called a nonconforming I'll move before I pay the prices they're asking down here.

    xml's Blinklist.com 2008

  • In order to enforce the ordinance uniformly, the city would have to figure out which ones are nonconforming, meaning they were already in place and therefore "grandfathered in" in 1998 when the new ordinance was implemented.

    The Walton Tribune: News 2010

  • Both the Lighthouse Lounge and Northern X-posure have been considered "nonconforming" since 2000, when the city enacted distance requirements to separate sexually oriented businesses from parks, libraries, churches, schools, and shopping areas.

    Ventura County Star Stories 2010

  • This includes a reference to standard operating procedures related to wildlife that have yet to be written and provisions on "nonconforming" wells.

    Durangoherald.com 2010

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