nonveteran
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- noun
- /nɒnˈvɛtərən/
- Unemployment rates declined for both veterans and nonveterans.
- nonveterans and veterans
- homeless nonveterans
- nonveterans of similar ages
Examples
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Approximately 74% of veterans report past or current smoking, compared with 48% of nonveterans.
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Veterans in our sample were generally older and more educated than nonveterans.
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The percentage for nonveterans was unchanged from the previous year.
Academic text (2018) -
Do veterans have an edge over nonveterans when it comes to covering war?
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For nonveterans, 65.4 percent participated in the labor force in 2017.
Academic text (2018) -
Veterans were more likely than nonveterans to say they lived in racially integrated neighborhoods.
Academic text (1995) -
Credible economic studies indicate that by the early 1980s, the Vietnam veteran earned 15 percent less than comparable nonveterans.
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Results indicated that veterans and nonveterans differed in age and in education, and with regard to the interaction of these two variables.
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The difference in participation rates for veterans and nonveterans reflects the age profile of veterans who served during World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam era.
Academic text (2018) -
Many nonveterans struggle to find jobs in a competitive market.
Synonyms
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A person who is not a soldier or police officer
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A person who is not a member of the military or police
Antonyms
How Veteran
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
A nonveteran is a person described by the parts non- ('not') and veteran ('someone with military experience'), so the noun names someone who has not served in the armed forces.