Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Neglect or failure to deliver.

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

  • noun A neglect or failure of delivery; omission of delivery.

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

  • noun A failure to deliver

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Examples

  • While trying to balance the fame with her regular work responsibilities, she fell further and further behind writing "I Think I Love You" - ultimately prompting Miramax, which had preliminarily bought the rights, to sue her for nondelivery.

    Author Allison Pearson sings the song of the modern mom Monica Hesse 2011

  • Top scams now include nondelivery of ordered merchandise, fraudulent emails claiming to be from the FBI seeking personal and financial information, identity theft, credit-card fraud, online auction fraud, and job and investment scams.

    Cybercrime Complaints, Reported Losses Increase M.P. McQueen 2010

  • Top scams now include nondelivery of ordered merchandise, fraudulent emails claiming to be from the FBI seeking personal and financial information, identity theft, credit-card fraud, online auction fraud, and job and investment scams.

    Cybercrime Complaints, Reported Losses Increase M.P. McQueen 2010

  • Top scams now include nondelivery of ordered merchandise, fraudulent emails claiming to be from the FBI seeking personal and financial information, identity theft, credit-card fraud, online auction fraud, and job and investment scams.

    Cybercrime Complaints, Reported Losses Increase M.P. McQueen 2010

  • Also big was nondelivery of merchandise or payment, which notched second at 19 percent.

    Top 10 Internet Crimes of 2006 | Impact Lab 2007

  • The mails in Mexico are notorious for nondelivery and pilferage, so we have signed a contract with Mail Boxes, Etc. to have our stateside mail forwarded to a Laredo mailbox, from which it is sent by some modern equivalent of the Pony Express to a Puerto Vallarta office.

    Gringos in Paradise Barry Golson 2006

  • The mails in Mexico are notorious for nondelivery and pilferage, so we have signed a contract with Mail Boxes, Etc. to have our stateside mail forwarded to a Laredo mailbox, from which it is sent by some modern equivalent of the Pony Express to a Puerto Vallarta office.

    Gringos in Paradise Barry Golson 2006

  • Sbarro, a nondelivery competitor, started as a deli, but expanded widely.

    The Rule of Three Jagdish Sheth 2002

  • Sbarro, a nondelivery competitor, started as a deli, but expanded widely.

    The Rule of Three Jagdish Sheth 2002

  • In August, the United States filed a Production Request in Case B/1, a case in which Iran alleges the United States is liable for termination costs and the nondelivery of goods and services under contracts through the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program.

    Letter On Regulations In Regard To Iran Clinton, Bill, 1946- 1994

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