How to Use noncooperation in a Sentence
noncooperation
noun- They adopted a strategy of noncooperation until they were treated fairly.
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Significantly, all but one of these reviews were hindered by the noncooperation of the two individuals at the heart of the courses.
—Joseph Spears, Indianapolis Star, 13 Oct. 2017
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More than a century ago, Congress sent its sergeant-at-arms to arrest a witness for noncooperation, but that scenario is viewed as an extremely unlikely move in the present day.
—NBC News, 8 Oct. 2019
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Urban violence is deplored by the black community, but at the same time it is enabled by a culture of noncooperation.
—Barry Latzer, National Review, 5 Dec. 2019
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His latest calls for noncooperation included telling the rank-and-file to refuse direct orders from supervisors about filling out the city portal form.
—Alice Yin, chicagotribune.com, 15 Oct. 2021
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When, in 1971, the Italian government banished its worst mafiosi to live on Filicudi, the islanders, via total noncooperation, sent them packing.
—Antonia Quirke, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2019
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Here, too, women have played a vital role, innovating methods of protest such as boycotts, strikes, and other forms of noncooperation that apply pressure on those in power.
—Yasmeen Serhan, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2020
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As a candidate and president, Trump has called for an end to this type of noncooperation between local and federal law enforcement.
—Anna Giaritelli, Washington Examiner, 4 Feb. 2020
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Roses episode was complicated by the noncooperation of vocalist Axl Rose, who at the time was feuding with his original bandmates.
—Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2021
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The disobedience movement urges all forms of noncooperation with the government, including state workers not turning up for their jobs.
—Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 17 July 2021
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If Dowd offered a pardon in return for noncooperation with the Mueller investigation into the legality of Trump’s actions, that would be a blatant case of obstruction of justice.
—Sean Illing, Vox, 29 Mar. 2018
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Such noncooperation only worsens the black-crime problem by providing impunity for the most violent.
—Barry Latzer, National Review, 5 Dec. 2019
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LeVinus said landlord noncooperation is rare and not a significant factor in rental assistance, especially because programs can give aid directly to renters if needed.
—Jessica Boehm, The Arizona Republic, 25 June 2021
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No wonder Mahatma Gandhi made prohibition the cornerstone of his noncooperation movement against British domination.
—Mark Lawrence Schrad, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2017
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The restrictions on Venezuela are focused on government officials, not regular citizens, saying the U.S. has alternate ways of obtaining information on Venezuelans despite government noncooperation.
—Laura Meckler, WSJ, 24 Sep. 2017
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Passive Aggression: Passive-aggressive behavior is defined as denoting or pertaining to a personality type or behavior marked by the expression of negative emotions in passive ways, indirect, as through manipulation or noncooperation.
—Patricia Fersch, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2021
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