Meaning of nonattainment | Babel Free

Definitions

Failure to attain a particular standard.

uncountable

Examples

“There's the 1993 [federal air pollution] study on ozone nonattainment coming up.”

“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.”

CEFR level