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noncontributing

noncontributing

6.6
Not paying the needed money to a group or fund
  • adjective
  • /ˌnɒn.kənˈtrɪb.ju.tɪŋ/
translation icon : no aportante
  • Employees who are noncontributing to the pension plan may not receive full retirement benefits.

Examples

  • The charity asked all noncontributing members to consider making a donation this year.

  • After becoming noncontributing, he lost his voting rights in the union.

  • Don't be noncontributing during this critical phase!

  • The committee decided that his role was noncontributing.

  • Employees who are noncontributing to the pension plan will miss out on important retirement benefits.

  • The organization reviewed its budget and found several noncontributing members who had not paid their dues.

  • After becoming noncontributing, he was excluded from future decision-making meetings.

Synonyms

nonpaying
vsnoncontributing
3.5

Someone who does not pay for a service

is about not paying required dues or contributions to a group or fund
non-paying
vsnoncontributing
3.9

Not required to give money or not having given money for something

is about missing required payments to a fund or shared effort

Antonyms

contributing
3.6

Helping to cause something by adding to it

How Contributing

noncontributing
6.6
nonpaying
3.5

Surface Forms

noncontributing positive

Morphology

noncontributing = contributing (transparent) = non + contribute + ing

Negation of 'contributing' by the productive prefix 'non-' yields the expected meaning 'not supplying contributions'; formation is regular.

Etymology

Noncontributing combines non- 'not' with contribute 'to give', which you can think of as 'not giving'. So a noncontributing person does not provide the required money or payments to a fund or group.