Definitions

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  • noun One who is not a designer.
  • adjective Not designer.

Etymologies

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non- +‎ designer

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Examples

  • He could have bought nondesigner clothes and saved something for a rainy day.

    Wright Is Right 2008

  • Yet walking out of that theater into the bright andunforgiving light of day, feeling very VUP in my nondesigner jeans,mealy T-shirt, and sneaks, my wallet noticeably lighter in my pocketafter blowing $15 bucks at the concession stand, I felt it impossibleto turn reality off.

    Not MY Demo, Part 2: 'Sex and the City' | EW.com 2008

  • These distinctions may seem trivial to the nondesigner, but I'm sure there will be acrimonious fallout over my heretical stand against Avant Garde.

    NYT > Home Page By STEVEN HELLER 2011

  • Salma Hayek, partnered with Sandler, plays a high-powered fashion designer; their kids are overentitled brats who shudder at the notion of drinking unbottled, nondesigner water.

    LJWorld.com stories: News 2010

  • Salma Hayek, partnered with Sandler, plays a high-powered fashion designer; their kids are overentitled brats who shudder at the notion of drinking unbottled, nondesigner water.

    LJWorld.com stories: News 2010

  • Growing up, I didn’t give much thought to whether we were rich or poor—we lived in a modest but comfortable subdivision outside town where one house was indiscernible from the next, and I wore the same sturdy, nondesigner clothes from discount stores as most of the other kids at my public school.

    A Hidden Affair Pam Jenoff 2010

  • Growing up, I didn’t give much thought to whether we were rich or poor—we lived in a modest but comfortable subdivision outside town where one house was indiscernible from the next, and I wore the same sturdy, nondesigner clothes from discount stores as most of the other kids at my public school.

    A Hidden Affair Pam Jenoff 2010

  • I’m the one with the torn book bag and the nondesigner jeans.

    Tears of a Tiger Sharon M. Draper 1994

  • I’m the one with the torn book bag and the nondesigner jeans.

    Tears of a Tiger Sharon M. Draper 1994

  • I’m the one with the torn book bag and the nondesigner jeans.

    Tears of a Tiger Sharon M. Draper 1994

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