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nondrinking

nondrinking adjective: being a nondrinker; not drinking alcohol.

Adjective

nondrinking (not comparable)

  1. Being a nondrinker; not drinking alcohol.
    • On summer weekends, she works not only as editor and publisher, but as the nondrinking designated driver and mother hen to “the girls,” as they trawl from one fabulousness to the next.2009 June 21, Jan Hoffman, “On the Party Circuit, With Clicks as Currency”, in New York Times

Origin of nondrinking

From non- + drinking.

Questions about nondrinking

What does nondrinking mean?
Nondrinking means being a nondrinker; not drinking alcohol.
What part of speech is nondrinking?
Nondrinking is an adjective.

Words near nondrinking in the dictionary

  1. nondreaming
  2. nondressed
  3. nondrilling
  4. nondrinker
  5. nondrinkers
  6. nondrinking
  7. nondrip
  8. nondripping
  9. nondriven
  10. nondriver
  11. nondrivers

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