Definitions

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  • adjective sports Not playing, or not part of play

Etymologies

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non- +‎ playing

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Examples

  • He wasn't retained by them for the 2011 season, however, then turned down a role as a nonplaying mentor to the squad's younger members, and then went unsold at the re-auction of almost all playing personnel that preceded the current season.

    This Is the Old Guys' IPL Richard Lord 2011

  • The handsome Englishman, who is the nonplaying captain of the European team at this weekend's Ryder Cup matches here, says things like "Crumbs!" and "Blimey" and always seems up for a cheery bit of repartee.

    The Two Nicks 2008

  • But most of the credit for the Americans 'surprising 16½ to 11½ pummeling of the European squad rightly goes to the nonplaying captain, Paul Azinger.

    Team USA's Management Victory 2008

  • Last summer, for instance, I was paired with a guy in a charity event who was rhapsodizing about a recent, late-afternoon nine at his club with his son and daughter, joined for the final few holes by his nonplaying wife in a cart.

    The Pros' Year, and Yours 2008

  • The nonplaying beer-drinking, smack-talking, sass-walking Texas Rollergirls gathered together with signs, a cowbell, and our loud mouths to support the Texecutioners.

    Rollergirl Melissa Joulwan 2007

  • The nonplaying beer-drinking, smack-talking, sass-walking Texas Rollergirls gathered together with signs, a cowbell, and our loud mouths to support the Texecutioners.

    Rollergirl Melissa Joulwan 2007

  • The nonplaying beer-drinking, smack-talking, sass-walking Texas Rollergirls gathered together with signs, a cowbell, and our loud mouths to support the Texecutioners.

    Rollergirl Melissa Joulwan 2007

  • The nonplaying beer-drinking, smack-talking, sass-walking Texas Rollergirls gathered together with signs, a cowbell, and our loud mouths to support the Texecutioners.

    Rollergirl Melissa Joulwan 2007

  • "A changing of the guard with our Davis Cup team is complete," nonplaying captain Patrick McEnroe said Tuesday.

    USATODAY.com - Davis Cup team headed to Croatia won't include Roddick 2003

  • And what they found specifically was that if you were playing three hours a week on average or more, you had 37 percent fewer mistakes when performing laproscopic surgery in this particular training program, and 27 percent faster than your nonplaying counterparts as well.

    CNN Transcript Apr 7, 2004 2004

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