Definitions

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  • adjective Not acting.
  • adjective Not of or pertaining to acting.

Etymologies

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non- +‎ acting

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Examples

  • Anyway, besides her nonacting skills, she's really not that hot.

    TIFF Review: Jennifer’s Body | /Film 2009

  • He, of course, is the talent that made the song "Shaft" from the movie "Shaft" so famous, becoming really the first Academy award recipient by a black American in the nonacting category, with the writing and composition of that song.

    CNN Transcript Aug 10, 2008 2008

  • There are a lot of nonacting celebrities, people famous for their crimes or their deal-making, their designs or their ability to hang on in a reality TV show.

    Instructions for Your Discontent Barrie Dolnick 2003

  • There are a lot of nonacting celebrities, people famous for their crimes or their deal-making, their designs or their ability to hang on in a reality TV show.

    Instructions for Your Discontent Barrie Dolnick 2003

  • Two decent fight scenes and Howard's entertaining hustler's patter can't make up for Tatum's nonacting and the deeply uninteresting romantic plot between his character and a cocktail waitress (Zulay Henao).

    Home 2009

  • Baldwin has alluded to one nonacting job in the past.

    Inside TV Blog 2009

  • For those interested in participating in a nonacting capacity, production assistants are needed to help with set construction and painting, props, costumes and more.

    courierpress.com Stories 2009

  • What is Dean doing while I’m doing all the nonacting work that doesn’t interest him?

    uncharted terriTORI Tori Spelling 2010

  • What is Dean doing while I’m doing all the nonacting work that doesn’t interest him?

    uncharted terriTORI Tori Spelling 2010

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