nonpracticing
adjective
non·prac·tic·ing
ˌnän-ˈprak-tə-siŋ 
: not actively engaged in a specified career, religion, or way of life : not practicing
a nonpracticing physician
a nonpracticing Jew
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Interestingly, NDEs are no more likely to occur in devout believers than in secular or nonpracticing subjects.
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Christof Koch, Scientific American, 19 May 2020
Growing up in Illinois in a nonpracticing Christian family, Markum says, the existence of God was assumed.
—Astrid Rodrigues, Philly.com, 26 Feb. 2018
Despite having been raised a nonpracticing Christian, my visit to the nunnery, which had felt like a journey to a lost world, had moved me deeply.
—Gisela Williams, Smithsonian, 26 Sep. 2017
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Christof Koch, Scientific American, 19 May 2020
Growing up in Illinois in a nonpracticing Christian family, Markum says, the existence of God was assumed.
—Astrid Rodrigues, Philly.com, 26 Feb. 2018
Despite having been raised a nonpracticing Christian, my visit to the nunnery, which had felt like a journey to a lost world, had moved me deeply.
—Gisela Williams, Smithsonian, 26 Sep. 2017
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“Nonpracticing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonpracticing. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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