nonpracticing

English

Alternative forms

• non-practicing
• nonpractising, non-practising

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *né

Proto-Germanic *ne

Proto-Indo-European *ís?

Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos

Proto-Germanic *ainaz

Proto-Germanic *nainaz

Proto-West Germanic *nain

Old English nān

Middle English non

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Old English nān

Old English nān-

Middle English non-

English non-

English practicing

English nonpracticing

From non- + practicing.

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.
   • 1994, Helen Childress, Reality Bites, spoken by Michael Grates and Lelaina Pierce (Ben Stiller and Winona Ryder):

     Michael: Um, uh, I guess um, I guess I'm, uh a nonpracticing Jew.
     Lelaina: Hey, I'm a nonpracticing virgin.

Synonyms

• lapsed
• nonobservant
• nonreligious
• secular
• unobservant

Antonyms

• practicing
• observant
• religious

Translations

nonpracticing - profession

• Finnish: ammattiaan harjoittamaton
• German: nichtpraktizierend, nicht praktizierend
• Portuguese: não praticante

nonpracticing - religion

• Finnish: ei uskovainen, epäuskovainen (fi)
• French: non pratiquant, non-pratiquant
• German: nichtpraktizierend, nicht praktizierend
• Polish: niepraktykujący (pl)
• Portuguese: não praticante