The fact or condition of not being involved with or participating in something.
the government's non-participation in the war is tactical
the teacher didn't seem to mind their non-participation
Example sentencesExamples
Current nonparticipation in clinical activities does not negate past participation.
Without the spectator's gaze, without the spectator's pact of non-intervention and non-participation in the action, there can be no theater.
The only reasons accepted for non-participation are foreign citizenship, a severe chronic medical condition, or a handicap documented in a medical certificate.
The candidates all believe they can buck the long-running trend of student non-participation.
Aspects such as age, marital status, small farm size and other sources of income will be major factors in non-participation.
Voter nonparticipation is the great ongoing scandal of our democracy.
Some information about the reasons for non-participation was gathered through e-mail correspondence with participants.
The traditional apathy and non-participation won out at the polls.
The main reasons given for nonparticipation were lack of time and inability to return to the clinic.
We need to listen to what the young are saying to us through their non-participation.
I asked the recipients who would still not participate for the reasons for their non-participation.
In fact, inappropriate participation may be worse than non-participation.
The reasons given for nonparticipation were, in a word, diverse.
Their nonparticipation means that those workers escape any contribution to the financing of the legacy debt.
This chapter examines the reasons for the participation of the six states, and for the non-participation of Britain.
I would argue that in the absence of compulsory voting Australia would see a similar level of non-participation.