Meanings
alternative non-practicing · alternative nonpractising · alternative non-practising
- not comparableNot 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.
1994, Helen Childress, Reality Bites, spoken by Michael Grates and Lelaina Pierce (Ben Stiller and Winona Ryder)Synonyms: lapsed, nonobservant, nonreligious, secular, unobservant
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveNot 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.
Origin
Translations
Finnish ammattiaan harjoittamaton, ei uskovainen
- ammattiaan harjoittamatonnonpracticing - profession
- ei uskovainennonpracticing - religion
- epäuskovainennonpracticing - religion
French non pratiquant, non-pratiquant
- non pratiquantnonpracticing - religion
- non-pratiquantnonpracticing - religion
German nichtpraktizierend, nicht praktizierend
- nichtpraktizierendnonpracticing - profession
- nicht praktizierendnonpracticing - profession
- nichtpraktizierendnonpracticing - religion
- nicht praktizierendnonpracticing - religion
Polish niepraktykujący
- niepraktykującynonpracticing - religion
Portuguese não praticante, não praticante
- não praticantenonpracticing - profession
- não praticantenonpracticing - religion
Cite this entry
nonpracticing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonpracticing
“nonpracticing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonpracticing. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonpracticing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonpracticing.
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