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NONACCOMPLISHMENT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nonaccomplishment mean?
• NONACCOMPLISHMENT (noun)
The noun NONACCOMPLISHMENT has 1 sense:
1. an act that does not achieve its intended goal
Familiarity information: NONACCOMPLISHMENT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An act that does not achieve its intended goal
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
nonaccomplishment; nonachievement
Hypernyms ("nonaccomplishment" is a kind of...):
act; deed; human action; human activity (something that people do or cause to happen)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nonaccomplishment"):
failure (an act that fails)
error; fault; mistake (a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention)
carelessness; neglect; negligence; nonperformance (failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances)
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