Usage Note
Inadempimento is a legal term for the failure to fulfil a contractual obligation — inadempimento contrattuale ('breach of contract'). The adjective inadempiente means 'defaulting, non-compliant'. It is rarely used outside legal and administrative contexts; in everyday Italian, mancanza or inadempienza may substitute.
Examples
"Il contratto è stato rescisso per inadempimento."
Natural Translation
The contract was terminated for non-performance.
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