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

Will they ever hold a hearing to find out the source of their own nonfeasance?

From New York Times • May 30, 2014

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