Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The omission of some act which ought to have been performed by the party: distinguished from
misfeasance .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Law) An omission or neglect to do something, esp. that which ought to have been done. Cf.
malfeasance .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a failure to act when under an obligation to do so; a refusal (without sufficient excuse) to do that which it is your legal duty to do
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Examples
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Civilian contractors in Iraq have been under investigation for years for overbilling, underperforming, and all manner of mis-, mal- and non-feasance.
Hanging with the Justices at the SOTU Mixer Al Kamen 2011
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But, as I've noted, S&P has no business meddling in American politics -- especially since its own non-feasance was partly responsible for the current size of the federal debt had it done its job the debt and housing bubbles wouldn't have precipitated the terrible recession, and the federal outlays it required.
Robert Reich: Don't Fall for the GOP Lie: There Is No Budget Crisis -- There's a Job and Growth Crisis Robert Reich 2011
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But, as I've noted, S&P has no business meddling in American politics -- especially since its own non-feasance was partly responsible for the current size of the federal debt had it done its job the debt and housing bubbles wouldn't have precipitated the terrible recession, and the federal outlays it required.
Robert Reich: Don't Fall for the GOP Lie: There Is No Budget Crisis -- There's a Job and Growth Crisis Robert Reich 2011
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But, as I've noted, S&P has no business meddling in American politics -- especially since its own non-feasance was partly responsible for the current size of the federal debt had it done its job the debt and housing bubbles wouldn't have precipitated the terrible recession, and the federal outlays it required.
Robert Reich: Don't Fall for the GOP Lie: There Is No Budget Crisis -- There's a Job and Growth Crisis Robert Reich 2011
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Besides the bursting of the housing bubble, Wall Street's malfeasance and non-feasance, and Washington's massive failure to oversee Wall Street, fingers are also being pointed at average Americans.
Archive 2008-10-01 Robert Reich 2008
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Besides the bursting of the housing bubble, Wall Street's malfeasance and non-feasance, and Washington's massive failure to oversee Wall Street, fingers are also being pointed at average Americans.
Post-Meltdown Mythologies (I): Americans Have Been Living Beyond Their Means Robert Reich 2008
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In addition to sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll, Hookergate is rife with public-interest questions, misfeasance, malfeasance and non-feasance, and many splendid moral points for the children.
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Oct. 3, 1859, the Supreme Court issued a decree, declaring that the proprietors had "forfeited all their franchises and privileges, by reason of non-feasance, non-user, misfeasance and neglect."
The Bay State Monthly — Volume 2, No. 2, November, 1884 Various
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City and members of the police and fire departments for proper cause and to remove such officers for misconduct, or malfeasance, misfeasance, or non-feasance in office.
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He may indeed be impeached for gross neglect; but between criminal non-feasance and zealous activity there are infinite degrees.
The English Constitution Walter Bagehot 1851
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