nonpracticing

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nonpracticing

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From non- + practicing.

adjective non-practicing · nonpractising · non-practising

  1. not comparable 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.

    Similar: lapsed, nonobservant, nonreligious, secular, unobservant

Opposite: practicing, observant, religious

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adjective

Opposite: practicing, observant, religious

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adj nonpracticing - profession

Portuguêsnão praticante
Deutschnichtpraktizierend, nicht praktizierend

adj nonpracticing - religion

Portuguêsnão praticante
Françaisnon pratiquant, non-pratiquant
Deutschnichtpraktizierend, nicht praktizierend

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@misc{nonpracticing_2026,
  title = {nonpracticing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/nonpracticing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}