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nonconsumer

nonconsumer noun: one who is not a consumer.

Noun

nonconsumer (plural nonconsumers)

  1. One who is not a consumer.
    • Compared with nonconsumers of coffee, the RR in most studies tends to be elevated in drinkers[.]1993, Carlo La Vecchia, “Coffee and Cancer Epidemiology”, in Silvio Garattini M.D., editor, Caffeine, Coffee, and Health, New York: Raven Press, →ISBN, page 379
    • This type of consumer-focused, pleasure-driven economy [incentivizes the police] to treat nonconsumers like enemies of the state.2017, Rafi Kohan, The Arena: Inside the Tailgating, Ticket-Scalping, Mascot-Racing, Dubiously Funded, and Possibly Haunted Monuments of American Sport, New York, N.Y.: Liveright Publishing...

Forms of nonconsumer

pluralnonconsumers

Origin of nonconsumer

From non- + consumer.

Questions about nonconsumer

What does nonconsumer mean?
Nonconsumer means one who is not a consumer.
What part of speech is nonconsumer?
Nonconsumer is a noun.
What is the plural of nonconsumer?
The plural of nonconsumer is nonconsumers.

Words near nonconsumer in the dictionary

  1. nonconsultative
  2. nonconsulted
  3. nonconsulting
  4. nonconsumable
  5. nonconsumably
  6. nonconsumer
  7. nonconsumerist
  8. nonconsumers
  9. nonconsuming
  10. nonconsummation
  11. nonconsumption

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