non-compliance
/ˌnɒn kəmˈplaɪəns/ (bre, ipa) · /ˌnɑːn kəmˈplaɪəns/ (ame, ipa)
non-compliance — noun
1. behaviour by a company, worker, or organisation that breaks the rules, laws, or
behaviour by a company, worker, or organisation that breaks the rules, laws, or industry standards they are supposed to follow.
The factory was fined heavily for non-compliance with environmental safety rules.
non-compliance with + [regulation noun]
Nora warned the small bakery that non-compliance with food hygiene laws could close the shop.
subject is a regulator warning an entity
Repeated non-compliance with workplace safety standards led to an official investigation at the building site.
The audit found widespread non-compliance with the new tax reporting rules across three branches.
Banks face huge penalties for non-compliance with anti-money-laundering laws.
- violation
stronger; suggests an active breach of a specific rule rather than failure to follow it
- breach
formal, often legal; usually points to one specific rule that was broken
- infringement
formal; typically a smaller or technical breaking of a rule or right
- compliance
the act of following the rules
- adherence
slightly more formal; suggests careful, ongoing following of rules
文法句型
non-compliance with [rules/laws/regulations]
用法筆記
Almost always uncountable and followed by 'with' + the rule, law, standard, or regulation that was broken. Subject is typically an organisation, business, or worker, not an individual private person.
常見錯誤
2. a patient's failure to take prescribed medicine, attend treatment, or follow the
a patient's failure to take prescribed medicine, attend treatment, or follow the health advice that a doctor or nurse has given.
Patient non-compliance with the antibiotic course can make the infection harder to treat.
collocation: patient non-compliance
Dr. Imran asked simple questions to find out why his elderly patients had high non-compliance rates.
collocation: high non-compliance rates
Mert struggled with non-compliance because the diabetes injections made his hands tremble.
The clinic ran a study on non-compliance with childhood vaccination schedules in three rural villages.
- non-adherence
preferred term in modern medical writing; sounds less blaming than non-compliance
- treatment dropout
informal medical English; when a patient stops the treatment completely
- compliance
the patient follows the treatment as prescribed
- adherence
now the preferred clinical term for following a treatment plan
文法句型
patient non-compliance
non-compliance with [treatment]
用法筆記
Distinguish from sense 1: this sense is restricted to medical contexts (medicines, vaccines, treatment plans). The subject is a patient, not a company. Often appears as 'patient non-compliance' or 'non-compliance rates'.