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non-playing

non-playing is the alternative spelling of nonplaying.

Meaning of nonplaying

Adjective

nonplaying (not comparable)

  1. Not playing, or not part of play
    • He spent his nonplaying minutes laying in front of the Knicks’ bench.2009 February 9, Howard Beck, “Roy’s Layup at Buzzer Nullifies Knicks’ Gains”, in New York Times

Questions about non-playing

What is non-playing the alternative spelling of?
Non-playing is the alternative spelling of nonplaying.

Words near non-playing in the dictionary

  1. non-places
  2. non-planned
  3. non-platform
  4. non-player character
  5. non-player characters
  6. non-playing
  7. non-pleochroic
  8. non-plus
  9. non-plused
  10. non-pluses
  11. non-plusing

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