nonconsumer

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noun

One who is not a consumer.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

nounnonconsumer (plural nonconsumers)

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
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    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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APA

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MLA

“nonconsumer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonconsumer. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonconsumer,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonconsumer.

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