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non-performing

adjective
 (also nonperforming)
UK 
 US 
 
FINANCE, BANKING
used to describe a loan that is not being paid back in the way that
was agreed:
Banks do not have to declare loans as non-performing for a year after non-
payment of interest.
 
FINANCE
used to describe a business activity, asset, etc. that is not making
a profit:
They are restructuring and selling off non-performing assets.

(Definition of   non-performing  from the  Cambridge Business English Dictionary   ©

Cambridge University Press)

EXAMPLES OF NON-PERFORMING
non-performing
The capital budget includes capital for defence, investments in non-performing sectors
like agriculture, and some pure transfer payments.
From  Cambridge English Corpus

As indicators of trouble we take low capitalization, great exposure to non-


performing loans, and low return on equity.
From  Cambridge English Corpus

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