Nonfeasance in a sentence as a noun

Yes, inaction is only evidence of nonfeasance when a person fails to perform an action aligned with their duties or stated interests.

The government does have competing duties and stated interests, so there is no evidence of nonfeasance or malfeasance on the part of OpenBSD or on the part of the government in this case.

If you don't have internal policy documents on how your network is monitored and a kind of minimum standards dashboard, make one and keep records, as it can be invaluable as defense against accusations nonfeasance, misfeasance or even malfeasance.

States are structurally more limited than the feds in how they can financially respond to an urgent crises, and for that reason have always relied on the feds being part of that response, but they are not generally failing to do their part as far as financial steps; some are falling down on the public health parts, but mostly that's a result of pressure directed from the federal executive branch, not independent state intransigence or nonfeasance.

Nonfeasance definitions

noun

a failure to act when under an obligation to do so; a refusal (without sufficient excuse) to do that which it is your legal duty to do