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nonpayment

[non-pey-muhnt] / nɒnˈpeɪ mənt /
NOUN
failure
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States that use the federal online marketplace HealthCare.gov rather than offering their own saw higher average rates of nonpayment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

All correspondence regarding the account was sent to my wife’s email, so the credit warning was the first time I became aware of her nonpayment.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 20, 2026

If her wages were to be withheld over nonpayment, she said, she would have to get a second job to make ends meet.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 1, 2025

“I would grant review of the question whether a policy barring landlords from evicting tenants for the nonpayment of rent effects a physical taking under the Taking Clause,” Thomas said.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2025

A few weeks after Christmas my grandpa was arrested again—this time for nonpayment of child support for his youngest son.

From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter