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The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms INTRO ...

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happy-go-lucky, casual, relaxed, at ease; unenthusiastic,<br />

apathetic; Colloq laid-back, together: How can you be so<br />

nonchalant about important issues that affect all our lives?!<br />

noncommittal<br />

adj. wary, cautious, careful, gingerly, guarded, (playing it)<br />

safe, circumspect, watchful, prudent, canny, tentative, on<br />

guard, reserved, cool; precautionary or precautional,<br />

precautious; Colloq playing it cool, playing it safe, playing it<br />

or one's cards close to the chest: <strong>The</strong> company is still<br />

noncommittal about the take-over <strong>of</strong> the American company.<br />

non-completion<br />

n. non-fulfilment, unfulfilment, non-performance,<br />

incompleteness, deficiency: We regret the non-completion <strong>of</strong> the<br />

work on your house and will refund in full the amount already<br />

paid.<br />

non-compliance<br />

n. disobedience, nonconformity, non-observance, disregard,<br />

disregarding, failure, non-cooperation, uncooperativeness,<br />

unresponsiveness, rejection, refusal, denial: If you fail to<br />

provide the records requested by the tax inspector, you can be<br />

charged with non-compliance.<br />

nonconformist<br />

n. 1 nonconformer, renegade, maverick, rebel, radical,<br />

individualist, heretic, dissenter, dissident, iconoclast, loner,<br />

exception, anomaly: In the 1960s, Alastair counted himself<br />

among the nonconformists who wore unconventional clothes and<br />

flouted conventional behaviour.<br />

--adj. 2 nonconforming, renegade, maverick, rebellious,<br />

radical, individualist(ic), heretical, dissentient, dissident,<br />

iconoclastic: Suffragists were ridiculed for their<br />

nonconformist ideas.<br />

nondescript<br />

adj. indescribable, unclassifiable, unclassified, ordinary,<br />

common-or-garden variety, common, commonplace, unremarkable,<br />

colourless, drab, everyday, bland, uninteresting, insipid,<br />

characterless, undistinctive, unexceptional: He was wearing<br />

nondescript clothing and blended into the crowd.

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