Definitions
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- adjective not
consuming
Etymologies
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non- + consuming
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Examples
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Without missing a beat, the taller man handed Dickie a beer (apparently it was not too early to drink), and began challenging his opponent to distinguish between the genuine ascetic and what he termed the conspicuously nonconsuming -poverty snob.
Villa Incognito Robbins, Tom 2003
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