Verb (used without object) : to conform to rules. ,One has to conform in order to succeed in this company. From Dictionary.com.
Investors are balking at buying securities backed by so-called nonconforming loans. From Wordnik.com. [Bear Stearns Will Cut 310 Jobs] Reference
Also called a nonconforming I'll move before I pay the prices they're asking down here. From Wordnik.com. [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference
This includes a reference to standard operating procedures related to wildlife that have yet to be written and provisions on "nonconforming" wells. From Wordnik.com. [Durangoherald.com] Reference
"nonconforming" ministers by conferring new powers in 1583 on the. From Wordnik.com. [History of the English People Volume 4 (of 8)] Reference
"nonconforming," but those books must still contain at least 50 percent of the adopted curriculum. From Wordnik.com. [WRAL.com Top Stories] Reference
Dissenting views, nonconforming views, are deemed "disloyal.". From Wordnik.com. [Geoffrey R. Stone: Loyalty Oaths and Un-Americanism] Reference
"I guess you could describe nonconforming clubs to fad diets," Mr. Smart says. From Wordnik.com. [Out of Bounds] Reference
However, the more expert you become, the more likely you filter out nonconforming data. From Wordnik.com. [Grande Lum: Tear Down the Walls: How to Bring Curiosity into the Mix] Reference
The hip nonconforming punk rock teenager that I claim to once be would have been proud of me. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-06-01] Reference
R: It would affect us in that we would be considered a nonconforming use, according to the City. From Wordnik.com. [Sex Shops Protest Zoning Changes at cvillenews.com] Reference
Hall is a free spirit, a nonconforming, guitar-playing Olympian who scorns the drudgery of the pool. From Wordnik.com. [Pool Sharks] Reference
They're not supposed to use scores achieved using nonconforming equipment in calculating a handicap. From Wordnik.com. [Out of Bounds] Reference
The U.S. government, she argues, "is becoming the largest nonconforming loan for the Japanese bankers.". From Wordnik.com. [If Paul Krugman Were Japanese] Reference
However, for the most part, the nonconforming segment of the mortgage market continues to function poorly. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 2, 2008] Reference
People like you are generally nonconforming, deeply passionate, and highly dedicated to your personal values. From Wordnik.com. [WIL WHEATON dot NET: 1.5: March 2003 Archives] Reference
Margin of error The difference between a conforming and nonconforming club can be just fractions of a millimeter. From Wordnik.com. [Out of Bounds] Reference
Capital One has sold many of its nonconforming loans, but it kept the troubled home-equity portfolio on its books. From Wordnik.com. [Loan-Loss Provisions Hit] Reference
Also intellectually unimaginative, and therefore overly controlling of other people's perhaps nonconforming responses. From Wordnik.com. [If we're all supposed to see that Obama is a socialist, and then he wins by a landslide...] Reference
Most nonconforming jumbo loans today are being made by portfolio lenders, who keep the loans on their books, Cecala said. From Wordnik.com. [Seeking Approval] Reference
Organizers say every player on that Tour was notified and that a list of nonconforming clubs was displayed before each match. From Wordnik.com. [Out of Bounds] Reference
The BCFP should have been given the power prescribe terms, so that nonconforming loans would require prior approval or be illegal. From Wordnik.com. [Your Crib Sheet For Bank Regulation] Reference
In the nonconforming mortgage market, the availability of financing to borrowers recently appeared to have been crimped even further. From Wordnik.com. [Text of the Fed Minutes] Reference
As early as the middle of the six - teenth century the nonconforming artist with his foibles and extravagances was no longer fashionable. From Wordnik.com. [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference
Sexually nonconforming students may feel bolder about stepping into the open these days, but they're finding it's still a cold world out there. From Wordnik.com. [Tune In, Come Out] Reference
To homeowners, the central bank's move opens up the option of refinancing, especially for those with nonconforming loans, FTN's Mr. Cavin said. From Wordnik.com. [Home-Mortgage Rates' Next Stop: Below 5%] Reference
“I was wondering whether your identity as a, shall we say nonconforming religious leader might not count against you in the political arena.”. From Wordnik.com. [A Monstrous Regiment of Women]
That would greatly reduce the cost of conforming mortgages and create a powerful incentive to convert nonconforming mortgages into conforming ones. From Wordnik.com. [George Soros: A Plan for Economic Recovery] Reference
Yesterday, Bankrate. com was quoting mortgage rates for 30-year fixed conforming mortgages of 5.25%, compared with 6.41% for some nonconforming mortgages. From Wordnik.com. [More Risk for Fannie, Freddie?] Reference
That's because Mr. Liang, who would go on to win the event, had been disqualified from the very same tournament four years earlier for using a nonconforming driver. From Wordnik.com. [Out of Bounds] Reference
But at the same time one can also observe the emergence of the nonconforming, alienated artist, and it is this type that is of particular interest in the present context. From Wordnik.com. [Dictionary of the History of Ideas] Reference
Wachovia will see a significant rise in net credit losses from nonconforming mortgage exposure in California and much higher home equity and subprime auto loans, Merrill said. From Wordnik.com. [A Wild Ride for Stocks] Reference
Political corruption by business has expanded over time because the worst players in the business world have prevailed without counterbalance from nonconforming business leaders. From Wordnik.com. [Business Allies for Defeating the Two-Party Duopoly and Corrupt Corporate State] Reference
King said, "the saving of our world will come, not through the complacent adjustment of a conforming majority, but through the creative maladjustment of a nonconforming minority.". From Wordnik.com. [Sean Carasso: The University of The South] Reference
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