Definitions
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- adjective Not contributing.
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- adjective Not
contributing ; that does notcontribute or does not involvecontribution
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Examples
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Society, Kemp charged, saw disabled people as "childlike, helpless, hopeless, nonfunctioning and noncontributing members of society."
Archive 2006-08-01 Kay Olson 2006
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Society, Kemp charged, saw disabled people as "childlike, helpless, hopeless, nonfunctioning and noncontributing members of society."
The pity "conundrum," part one Kay Olson 2006
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Unlike other high school sports, where noncontributing players often lose interest because of a lack of playing time, the opportunity to contribute as a diver is attractive.
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Unlike other high school sports, where noncontributing players often lose interest because of a lack of playing time, the opportunity to contribute as a diver is attractive.
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Social security ( That is be bled dry by noncontributing citizens of other countries)
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Unlike other high school sports, where noncontributing players often lose interest because of a lack of playing time, the opportunity to contribute as a diver is attractive.
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There is a grim consistency in Singer's call to extend rights to the apes while removing traditional protections for unwanted children, people with mental disabilities, and the noncontributing elderly.
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It is one of several no-nos the proposed flier points out as "noncontributing elements" in the historic district.
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It is one of several no-nos the proposed flier points out as "noncontributing elements" in the historic district.
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If this is the way we're going to run things-capitalism, property rights ascendent, etc-then one of the prices for that is the fact that a certain percentage of the population at any given time will be noncontributing
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