non-accomplissement

Definitions of non-accomplissement
  1. noun
    an act that does not achieve its intended goal
    synonyms: inachèvement
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    échec
    an act that fails
    erreur, faute
    a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
    négligence, omission
    failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
    perte
    the act of losing someone or something
    faute
    (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed
    tache
    an act that brings discredit to the person who does it
    erreur de calcul, mécompte
    a mistake in calculating
    bévue, gaffe
    a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc.
    erreur, manquement au devoir, négligence, oubli, écart
    a mistake resulting from inattention
    bévue, bêtise, cafouillage, gaffe
    an embarrassing mistake
    out
    (baseball) a failure by a batter or runner to reach a base safely in baseball
    négligence, reniement
    willful negligence
    fuite, évasion
    nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do
    bêtise, inintelligence, sottise, stupidité
    a stupid mistake
    type of:
    acte, action
    something that people do or cause to happen
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