nonpracticing

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

non- +‎ practicing

Adjective

nonpracticing (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.
- 1994, Helen Childress, Reality Bites, spoken by Michael Grates and Lelaina Pierce (Ben Stiller and Winona Ryder):
  Michael: Um, uh, I guess um, I guess I'm, uh a nonpracticing Jew.
  Lelaina: Hey, I'm a nonpracticing virgin.

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Translations

nonpracticing - profession

Finnish: ammattiaan harjoittamaton
German: nichtpraktizierend, nicht praktizierend

nonpracticing - religion

Finnish: ei uskovainen, epäuskovainen (fi)
French: non pratiquant, non-pratiquant
German: nichtpraktizierend, nicht praktizierend
Polish: niepraktykujący

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