The Collaborative International Dictionary
Nondelivery \Non`de*liv"er*y\, n. A neglect or failure of delivery; omission of delivery.
Wiktionary
n. A failure to deliver
Usage examples of "nondelivery".
Juliet has been compelled to drink the potion on Tuesday night, with the result that Balthasar informs Romeo of her supposed death before Friar Lawrence learns of the nondelivery of the letter.
However, a South Carolina statute which sought to make mental anguish caused by the negligent nondelivery of a telegram a cause of action, was held to be, as applied to messages transmitted from one State to another or to the District of Columbia, an unconstitutional attempt to regulate interstate commerce.
Nick and Tonia fed and off to school, but the phone rang three times with complaints about nondelivery of papers and that made Tuesday as wrong as Monday had been.
She’s been used to haul perishables, but on her last trip the refrigerating system broke down, and Vatta had to pay the shipper for the goods as well as a penalty for nondelivery, and insurance didn’t cover it all.
If someone traded soft fruits for grain, the grain to be delivered, the soft fruits might have spoiled, or been eaten, before the nondelivery occurred (counting, the gnomish law specified, the days between making the contract and expected delivery, before nondelivery could be charged.