nonsuperstar

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noun

One who is not a superstar.

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Meanings

nounnonsuperstar (plural nonsuperstars)

plural nonsuperstars

  1. One who is not a superstar.

    In a way it is comforting, perhaps even life affirming, for the majority of human beings, nonsuperstars, to think they have chosen the other course.

    2008 January 27, Jenny Lyn Bader, “When Icons Die Young”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 06 Jan 2018
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    Employees on the nonsuperstar rungs of many industries can ask a less personal kind of intermediary for career-management help: employment Web sites like freeagent.com, guru.com and monster.com.

    2000 July 16, Elaine S. Silver, “PERSONAL BUSINESS; Agents? Call Them Career Customizers”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 19 Jan 2024

Origin

From non- + superstar.

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APA

nonsuperstar. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonsuperstar

MLA

“nonsuperstar.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonsuperstar. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonsuperstar,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonsuperstar.

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