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nonconformance

noun/ˌnɒnkənˈfɔːməns/

C1CEFR level
72/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister

A failure of a product or process to meet a specified requirement.

Each nonconformance was logged so engineers could trace the defect to its root cause.

Similar: defect

Topic: Operations & supply chain in Business English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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