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non-practicing

non-practicing is the alternative spelling of nonpracticing.

Meaning of nonpracticing

Adjective

nonpracticing (not comparable)

  1. Not practicing; of a person in a particular profession, not engaged in the practice of that profession; of a person born into a particular religion, not abiding by the rituals and mores of that religion.
    • Michael: Um, uh, I guess um, I guess I'm, uh a nonpracticing Jew.
    • Lelaina: Hey, I'm a nonpracticing virgin.1994, Helen Childress, Reality Bites, spoken by Michael Grates and Lelaina Pierce (Ben Stiller and Winona Ryder)

Questions about non-practicing

What is non-practicing the alternative spelling of?
Non-practicing is the alternative spelling of nonpracticing.

Words near non-practicing in the dictionary

  1. non-polioviruses
  2. non-political
  3. non-portable
  4. non-powered
  5. non-powerlike
  6. non-practicing
  7. non-practising
  8. non-precious
  9. non-precision approach
  10. non-precision approaches
  11. non-predictable

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