nonconsumer

English

Etymology

From non- +‎ consumer.

Noun

nonconsumer (plural nonconsumers)

  1. One who is not a consumer.
    • 1993, Carlo La Vecchia, “Coffee and Cancer Epidemiology”, in Silvio Garattini M.D., editor, Caffeine, Coffee, and Health, New York: Raven Press, →ISBN, page 379:
      Compared with nonconsumers of coffee, the RR in most studies tends to be elevated in drinkers[.]
    • 2017, Rafi Kohan, The Arena: Inside the Tailgating, Ticket-Scalping, Mascot-Racing, Dubiously Funded, and Possibly Haunted Monuments of American Sport, New York, N.Y.: Liveright Publishing Corporation, →ISBN, page 124:
      This type of consumer-focused, pleasure-driven economy [incentivizes the police] to treat nonconsumers like enemies of the state.
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.