NONACCOMPLISHMENT

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An act that does not achieve its intended goal

Synonyms:

nonaccomplishment; nonachievement

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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)