nonpracticing
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non- + practicing
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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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nonpracticing - profession
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nonpracticing - religion
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