nonattainment

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ attainment.

Noun

nonattainment (uncountable)

  1. Failure to attain a particular standard.
    • 1991 November 15, Harold Henderson, “A Dumb Deal”, in Chicago Reader‎[1]:
      There's the 1993 [federal air pollution] study on ozone nonattainment coming up.
    • 2024 August 19, “LAKETOWN 115-kV TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT IN CARVER COUNTY, MN”, in Great River Energy‎[2], page 84:
      Carver County was designated as in nonattainment for carbon monoxide and sulfur dioxide in 1971 but was redesignated to maintenance in 1999 and 1997 for these pollutants, respectively.
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