nonpracticing
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- adjective
- /nɒnˈpræktɪsɪŋ/
:
no practicante
- Some nonpracticing Catholics collaborate to transform these historical representations, privileging the meaning-laden sensations connected to a past that is not necessarily religious, but emphatically local and unique.
- nonpracticing Catholics
- nonpracticing Catholic
- nonpracticing Jew
Examples
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As a nonpracticing member of the bar, she decided to pursue a different career path.
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He identifies as a nonpracticing Catholic and does not attend church services anymore.
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Born in France in 1950, he calls himself a nonpracticing Muslim.
Academic text (1996) -
As they walk with the dead, the nonpracticing members of the parish yield to the leadership of the church in this matter but limit their own collaborative roles to the shared procession through public space.
Academic text (1999) -
This article will focus on two of the major topics discussed during this most recent round of analysis: the patent bubble concern and the role of nonpracticing entities (NPE) in the patent sales market.
Blog text (20) -
They desired to transcend distinctions among themselves, especially between practicing and nonpracticing Catholics, and men and women, in coordinating their efforts.
Academic text (1999) -
This ensures patents are not just stockpiled by nonpracticing entities—the trolls.
Blog text (4) -
Orgosolo's practicing and nonpracticing Roman Catholics alike use public spaces strategically as they affirm the authenticity and relevance of their own social identities to local history and culture.
Academic text (1999) -
However, 6 respondents self-classified as nonpracticing physicians were removed, and a sample of 485 was analyzed (186 oncologists and 299 primary care physicians).
Blog text (18) -
After years of dedication, she became a nonpracticing attorney, focusing on her family instead.
How Active
Surface Forms
Morphology
nonpracticing = practicing (transparent) = non + practice + ing
A straightforward negation prefix 'non-' applied to 'practicing' yields the meaning 'not currently engaged', which is directly recoverable.
Etymology
Nonpracticing breaks into non- meaning 'not' and practicing from practice, which comes from an old word meaning 'to do'. So a nonpracticing doctor or member is someone who is 'not doing' that job or faith now, even if they once did it.