"nonpracticing" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From non- + practicing. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|non|practicing}} non- + practicing Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} nonpracticing (not comparable)
  1. 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. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: lapsed, nonobservant, nonreligious, secular, unobservant, non-practicing, nonpractising, non-practising Translations (nonpracticing - profession): ammattiaan harjoittamaton (Finnish), nichtpraktizierend (German), nicht praktizierend (German) Translations (nonpracticing - religion): ei uskovainen (Finnish), epäuskovainen (Finnish), non pratiquant (French), non-pratiquant (French), nichtpraktizierend (German), nicht praktizierend (German), niepraktykujący (Polish)

Alternative forms

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