nonparent
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5.3
- noun
- /ˈnɒnˌpɛr.ənt/
- "The whole appeal of the bar is to go there in the day and sit there in the sun and enjoy a beer," Malcolm Kates, 31, who on Yelp called Greenwood Park "unbearable" for nonparents, said in an interview.
- parents and nonparents
Examples
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Instead of focusing solely on parents, we should also consider the needs of nonparents in our community.
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Maternal employment is associated with nonparent child care, duration of breastfeeding, occurrence of family meals, and children's television viewing.
Academic text (2012) -
Maybe we should think about giving a serious tax break to nonparents.
Blog text (9) -
Since there is no evidence that the personality of adolescent parents is different from that of nonparents, some degree of developmental conflict is likely to occur.
Academic text (1997) -
McLanahan and Adams (1987) showed that compared with nonparents, parents tend to have a lower level of happiness and a higher level of psychological distress.
Academic text (1996) -
As a nonparent, I often feel uncertain about how to relate to my colleagues who have children.
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The event was designed to be inclusive for everyone, including nonparents, who might feel excluded in family-oriented settings.
Synonyms
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9.9
A woman who has never had a baby
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6.0
People who choose not to have children
A woman who has never given birth to a child
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
A nonparent names a person who does not have children; the word joins non- ('not') and parent ('mother or father'), so it literally means a person who is 'not a parent'. A helpful way to remember it is to see non- as the simple 'not' part you know from words like nonstop.