nonathletic
- adjective
- /ˌnɒnəˈθlɛtɪk/
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no atlético
- Students enrolled in Psychology 100 who did not compete beyond the intramural level of competition made up the nonathletic sample.
- nonathletic sample
- athletic and nonathletic
- nonathletic males
Examples
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In this way, athletes and their nonathletic peers share similar characteristics.
Academic text (1991) -
Despite his basically nonathletic nature, he had learned to ski at an early age and enjoyed the sport quite a bit.
Fiction book (1993) -
And it might be the only thing you ever win in your whole drab, nonathletic life.
Fiction book (1998) -
In the nonathletic group, 67% of males and about 53% of females felt they were an average weight.
Academic text (1991) -
Both male and female athletes scored lower as a group than their nonathletic comparison samples on an aggregate measure of eating disorders.
Academic text (1991) -
In fact, it is not cool to be nonathletic when you are an adolescent boy because muscle and athleticism are tied to manliness.
Blog text (13) -
Consistent with the nonathletic literature, the sex of the respondent remained the most important variable in predicting elevated indices of eating disorders.
Academic text (1991) -
Many students in my class are nonathletic and prefer reading books to playing sports.
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He felt out of place in the gym, surrounded by athletic people while he considered himself nonathletic.
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During gym class, the nonathletic students often chose activities that required less physical exertion.
Synonyms
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4.2
Not good at sports or exercise
Not interested in sports and not good at exercise
Antonyms
How Athletic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Nonathletic is made of the part non- meaning 'not' and athletic, which comes from the same idea as athlete and an old Greek word for 'sport' or 'contest'. So nonathletic describes a person who is 'not' sporty and who does not have the usual skills or interest of an athlete.