nonfeasance
Example Sentences
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“The only question that remains is whether this is nonfeasance or malfeasance,” he said.
From Washington Times • Jul. 29, 2022
Mostly, they stood aside while the hard hats ran amok; examples of their nonfeasance abound.
From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2020
This Gil was incredibly easy to work for, to the point of complete nonfeasance.
From Washington Post • Jan. 23, 2015
But what have New Yorkers been if not blindsided by incessant malfeasance and nonfeasance in the state capital?
From New York Times • Mar. 8, 2010
As it was now pretty clear that case would lie for a nonfeasance, the notion was mistaken, and we shall see that it was denied in subsequent decisions.
From The Common Law by Holmes, Oliver Wendell
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
