Meanings
plural nonconsumers
- 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 3791 more example
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 Corporation, →ISBN, page 124
Origin
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