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nonpracticing

American  
[non-prak-tuh-sing] / nɒnˈpræk tə sɪŋ /

adjective

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

    a nonpracticing physician.


Etymology

Origin of nonpracticing

non- + practicing


Example Sentences

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

From Washington Post ● Sep. 30, 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

“I have seen their numbers and they have a giant hole in their budget,” Mr. Loughlin, an artist and nonpracticing lawyer, said.

From New York Times ● Jan. 22, 2021

Interestingly, NDEs are no more likely to occur in devout believers than in secular or nonpracticing subjects.

From Scientific American ● May 21, 2020

"But I grew up with my mom being very influenced by her Catholicism. So, yeah, I'm Jewish. Yeah, why not? I'm completely nonpracticing, and I haven't yet found God, so what does it really mean?"

From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2018

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