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nonpracticing

[non-prak-tuh-sing]

adjective

  1. not currently practicing practice one's profession, religion, etc..

    a nonpracticing physician.



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The writer is a nonpracticing registered dietitian.

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His father was a nonpracticing Anglican and heavyweight boxing champion.

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Modery, who is Jewish, grew up in a nonpracticing Jewish family but wanted to reconnect to her roots.

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Investigators said Mr. Lahouaiej Bouhlel, a nonpracticing Muslim with a history of domestic violence, suffered from serious psychological disorders and quickly became self-radicalized in the days leading up to the attack by watching jihadist videos.

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Rushdie was born into a nonpracticing Muslim family in India but is now an unswerving atheist.

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