nonpracticing

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Etymology

From non- +‎ practicing.

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nonpracticing (not comparable)

  1. 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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