nonpracticing
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of nonpracticing
Example Sentences
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Rushdie was born into a nonpracticing Muslim family in India but is now an unswerving atheist.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2022
Clemons-Hopkins, who is nonbinary, describes the queer character as "a bit repressed, nonpracticing homosexual with a full-time job."
From Salon ● Dec. 29, 2021
More than 60 percent of Argentines consider themselves Catholic, a figure that has been declining for decades, but many of them are nonpracticing, and nearly one-fifth of the population has no religious affiliation.
From New York Times ● Dec. 29, 2020
Interestingly, NDEs are no more likely to occur in devout believers than in secular or nonpracticing subjects.
From Scientific American ● May 21, 2020
“I refer to him as a nonpracticing orthodox Catholic,” Ruse said, conceding the phrase is a bit of an oxymoron.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 11, 2017
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