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  • adjective Not famous.

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non- +‎ famous

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  • You can collect merits, given out by a committee to teachers, doctors, and other nonfamous contributors to society. or you can worry about your face rank, which everyone has a part in making: Every time someone talks about you, copies the way you dress, hums a song you wrote, or watches your feed, the city interface makes you a little bit more famous—pure crowd logic.

    Bogus to Bubbly Scott Westerfeld 2008

  • They can be so widely lauded for their superiority that the vintage alone is powerful enough to move prices higher for wines that, if they scored the same rating in a nonfamous vintage, would otherwise sell for less.

    Investing in Liquid Assets David Sokolin 2008

  • When Roberto does venture out, it's usually to go hunting with a cast of decidedly nonfamous pals.

    Bold, Brave And A Buddhist 2008

  • They can be so widely lauded for their superiority that the vintage alone is powerful enough to move prices higher for wines that, if they scored the same rating in a nonfamous vintage, would otherwise sell for less.

    Investing in Liquid Assets David Sokolin 2008

  • HAMMER: Yes, so certainly it can be very validating for nonfamous same-sex couples, as I think you ` re implying, there.

    CNN Transcript May 16, 2008 2008

  • You can collect merits, given out by a committee to teachers, doctors, and other nonfamous contributors to society. or you can worry about your face rank, which everyone has a part in making: Every time someone talks about you, copies the way you dress, hums a song you wrote, or watches your feed, the city interface makes you a little bit more famous—pure crowd logic.

    Bogus to Bubbly Scott Westerfeld 2008

  • Famous and nonfamous strangers » Blog Archive » Separate But Equal alive and well says:

    Think Progress » Katrina: Another Excuse for Bush’s Failed Ideology 2005

  • I was in by 4, watching Busta Rhymes saunter around like Bootsy Collins in his leopard-print hat and jacket, the Dixie Chicks schmooze with Bonnie Raitt and the main guy from Five for Fighting walk amongst the other nonfamous folk in the main foyer.

    Goin? Grammy 2007

  • Sara Gran has some questions about the invisibility of many midlist and nonfamous black authors.

    September 2006 2006

  • Famous and nonfamous strangers » Blog Archive » N-word used at GOP Event with Tony Snow, Alberto Gonzales and George Allen says:

    Think Progress » ‘Values Voter Summit’ Features Attack on ‘Faggots,’ Claim That Gay Rights Movement Inspired ‘From The Pit Of Hell Itself’ 2006

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