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- adjective Having no
athletic ability (or interest), especially describing one whose interests are academic.
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Examples
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Looking down the road, the league should also look with concern at the rise in youth obesity and nonathletic digital distractions.
America Gets Back to Business—Football Matthew Kaminski 2011
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I was terrible at ball games at school, such as football, soccer, basketball, and softball, because I was small, nonathletic, and two years younger than my classmates at an age when this makes a huge difference.
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Race organizer AEG, a subsidiary of Anschutz Co., says it encourages nonathletic fun through a costume contest and participants who run tied together as so-called centipedes.
San Francisco's New Race Rules: Run Naked, Not Drunk Geoffrey A. Fowler 2011
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Their quiet, understated manner and mutual support has enabled them to navigate a course that might have proved treacherous for other elite athletes, who frequently require sacrifice from the nonathletic spouse.
This Marriage Goes the Distance Sophia Hollander 2010
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But then as the selection process went on, I would watch uncomfortably as some of my nonathletic friends stood there fidgeting uneasily, waiting to learn their fate.
The Life You Want Bob Greene 2010
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If you want a comfortable shoe, you can look for a nonathletic sneaker.
Oh No She Didn’t Clinton Kelly 2010
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But then as the selection process went on, I would watch uncomfortably as some of my nonathletic friends stood there fidgeting uneasily, waiting to learn their fate.
The Life You Want Bob Greene 2010
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But then as the selection process went on, I would watch uncomfortably as some of my nonathletic friends stood there fidgeting uneasily, waiting to learn their fate.
The Life You Want Bob Greene 2010
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Being the proud competitor that he was, the Japanese legend refused to accept the gift in such a nonathletic manner.
WWE Championship Kevin Sullivan 2010
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The elder Asha described his son Mohammed as a slight, nonathletic youth, married, with a son, Anas, who is 2 ½ years old.
Who's to Blame? 2007
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