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  • noun Failure to deploy.

Etymologies

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non- +‎ deployment

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Examples

  • One senior Pakistani official says it's "" premature '' to speak of nondeployment until both sides prove they can build actual weapons, as opposed to mere test devices.

    Away From The Precipice 2008

  • A scarcity of lines means that an army relying totally on rail requires a long time to deploy; the presence of nondeployment traffic on the lines can cause further delays.

    FM 100-61 Chptr 3 Strategic and Operational March United States Army 1998

  • A scarcity of lines means that an army relying totally on rail requires a long time to deploy; the presence of nondeployment traffic on the lines can cause further delays.

    FM 100-61 Chptr 3 Strategic and Operational March United States Army 1998

  • And those very difficult issues deal, first of all, with nondeployment of nuclear weapons and also making sure that such a deployment is not something that we will be preparing for.

    Clinton And Others At Nato Russia Founding Act ITY National Archives 1997

  • Such a nondeployment would be humiliating and would convey the dangerous impression that our marines were cowering in a corner and would not resist if attacked, I countered.

    Turmoil and Triumph George P. Shultz 1993

  • We have made clear for a number of months things that could be done in terms of nondeployment assurances, in terms of various protocols that could satisfy them that they were not under a nuclear threat -- that sort of thing.

    Background Briefing On South Korea Kim Visit ITY National Archives 1993

  • The Soviets first proposed fifteen to twenty years, with an indefinite period for negotiation about what could happen after this nondeployment period.

    Turmoil and Triumph George P. Shultz 1993

  • Such a nondeployment would be humiliating and would convey the dangerous impression that our marines were cowering in a corner and would not resist if attacked, I countered.

    Turmoil and Triumph George P. Shultz 1993

  • The Soviets first proposed fifteen to twenty years, with an indefinite period for negotiation about what could happen after this nondeployment period.

    Turmoil and Triumph George P. Shultz 1993

  • Russia has other reasons for negotiating subsequent strategic nuclear arms reductions, including reliable guarantees for the nondeployment of a U.S. missile defense system in Eastern Europe, Perkovic said.

    RIA Novosti 2010

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