nonrecipient
- adjective
- /ˌnɒn.rɪˈsɪp.i.ənt/
- Nonrecipient students were disappointed to learn that they would not receive the scholarship that was offered.
- nonrecipient consumers
Examples
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Many nonrecipient families struggle to afford basic necessities due to lack of government support.
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The nonrecipient groups in the study did not gain any advantage from the funding provided to the other participants.
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To make nonrecipient consumers no worse off, the maximum subsidy should not exceed the difference between the cost of new resources and the current price of electricity.
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Instead, BPA subsidies require nonrecipient consumers to help pay for conservation investments that would generally benefit only a small minority of a preference customer's retail buyers.
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In addition, such subsidies would harm nonrecipient consumers, since BPA's distributors receive less revenue and make subsidy payments equal to the cost of new supply resources.
Academic text (1992)
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Etymology
The word nonrecipient is made of non- meaning 'not' and recipient from receive 'to get'. As an adjective, it describes someone or something that does not receive a specific item, benefit, message, or service.