How to Use noncooperation in a Sentence

noncooperation

noun

• They adopted a strategy of noncooperation until they were treated fairly.
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Such noncooperation only worsens the black-crime problem by providing impunity for the most violent.
  — Barry Latzer, National Review, 5 Dec. 2019
• 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
• No wonder Mahatma Gandhi made prohibition the cornerstone of his noncooperation movement against British domination.
  — Mark Lawrence Schrad, Washington Post, 1 Aug. 2017
• 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
• 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

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024