Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who refrains from the use of something, as of narcotic drugs or alcohol.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In law: Neglect or omission to use an easement or other right: as, the non-user of a corporate franchise.
- noun Neglect of official duty; default of performing the duties and services required of an officer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- A not using; failure to use.
- (Law) Neglect or omission to use an easement or franchise or to assert a right.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who is not a
user (of drugs, a computer system, etc.). - noun Lack of usage; failure to use.
- noun law Neglect or omission to use an
easement orfranchise or to assert a right.
Etymologies
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Examples
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We may have here not only a "healthy user " effect but an "unhealthy nonuser effect" which is one of the problems of working with "coarse grained data".
Archive 2009-01-01 james gaulte 2009
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We may have here not only a "healthy user " effect but an "unhealthy nonuser effect" which is one of the problems of working with "coarse grained data".
Clearly there is no end to the postive benefits for statins-the list goes on and on james gaulte 2009
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So you can't run a comparison like tobacco and lung cancer, the user and the nonuser.
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Every computer user and nonuser has the divine spirit within.
Zen Computer Philip Toshio Sudo 1999
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As inability to see the physiological effect upon himself encourages the tobacco user to continue smoking or chewing, so failure to identify evil physiological effects upon the smoker encourages the nonuser to begin smoking or chewing.
Civics and Health William H. Allen
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Servitudes of this character could be extinguished by the consolidation of ownership of both servient and dominant estate in the same owner, and by remission or release; by nonuser for the prescriptive period, and by the destruction of the dominant or servient estate.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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If discordant drinking and drug behavior is causing marital stress, the nonuser in the partnership may change their behavior, Leonard said, and take up the alcohol or drug habit.
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If discordant drinking and drug behavior is causing marital stress, the nonuser in the partnership may change their behavior, Leonard said, and take up the alcohol or drug habit.
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The alliance will allow members of those groups to seamlessly utilize the Microsoft Dynamics Community site and bring a significant amount of new, high-quality content and resources to benefit all community users, including nonuser group members.
TradingMarkets 2010
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Internet use refers to Internet user status (coded as 1 = nonuser, 2 = user) rather than the type of Internet use (ie, frequency).
Journal of Medical Internet Research Enrique Gracia 2010
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