as in rebelliousness
failure or refusal to do what someone has told or asked you to do; lack of cooperation
They adopted a strategy of noncooperation until they were treated fairly.
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For technical reasons, noncooperation could literally lead to the physical loss of the station.
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Leroy Chiao, CNN, 8 Feb. 2022
The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog urged Iran on Monday to cooperate with his inspectors amid a standoff over its atomic program and a threat by Western nations to censure Tehran over its noncooperation.
—Emily Schultheis, ajc, 6 June 2022
The report indicated there were consistent patterns of noncooperation with state regulators, tax breaches undertaken with the knowledge of multiple senior staff, and serious breaches of responsible-gaming obligations.
—Mike Cherney, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2021
As prosecutors consider the matter, their evidence-gathering phase could include subpoenaing witnesses to a grand jury who could testify about what Bannon told them and provide details about the reasoning for his noncooperation with Congress.
—Katelyn Polantz, CNN, 22 Oct. 2021
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Leroy Chiao, CNN, 8 Feb. 2022
The head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog urged Iran on Monday to cooperate with his inspectors amid a standoff over its atomic program and a threat by Western nations to censure Tehran over its noncooperation.
—Emily Schultheis, ajc, 6 June 2022
The report indicated there were consistent patterns of noncooperation with state regulators, tax breaches undertaken with the knowledge of multiple senior staff, and serious breaches of responsible-gaming obligations.
—Mike Cherney, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2021
As prosecutors consider the matter, their evidence-gathering phase could include subpoenaing witnesses to a grand jury who could testify about what Bannon told them and provide details about the reasoning for his noncooperation with Congress.
—Katelyn Polantz, CNN, 22 Oct. 2021
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