nonpracticing en · ADJ
Etymology
From non- + practicing.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Not practicing; of a person in a particular profession, not engaged in the practice of that profession; of a person born into a particular religion, not abiding by the rituals and mores of that religion.
Michael: Um, uh, I guess um, I guess I'm, uh a nonpracticing Jew. Lelaina: Hey, I'm a nonpracticing virgin.
1994, Helen Childress, Reality Bites, spoken by Michael Grates and Lelaina Pierce (Ben Stiller and Winona Ryder):
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| non-practising | alternative | lexicographic | |
| nonpractising | alternative | lexicographic | |
| non-practicing | alternative | lexicographic |
Antonyms
religious · observant · practicing
Synonyms
lapsed · secular · nonobservant · nonreligious · unobservant
Translations (12)
fi ammattiaan harjoittamaton (nonpracticing - profession) · fr non pratiquant (nonpracticing - religion) · fi ei uskovainen (nonpracticing - religion) · fi epäuskovainen (nonpracticing - religion) · pt não praticante (nonpracticing - religion) · de nicht praktizierend (nonpracticing - religion) · de nicht praktizierend (nonpracticing - profession) · pt não praticante (nonpracticing - profession) · de nichtpraktizierend (nonpracticing - religion) · fr non-pratiquant (nonpracticing - religion) · de nichtpraktizierend (nonpracticing - profession) · pl niepraktykujący (nonpracticing - religion)