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- noun Someone who is not an
athlete
Etymologies
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Examples
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And hey, any nonathlete is doing a public service, because an athlete craves an audience like a guy with new sunglasses craves a mirror.
The Fortunes of Indigo Skye Deb Caletti 2009
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And hey, any nonathlete is doing a public service, because an athlete craves an audience like a guy with new sunglasses craves a mirror.
The Fortunes of Indigo Skye Deb Caletti 2009
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A graduate of Mount Holyoke College and Georgetown Law School, she was a nonathlete who wound up rowing varsity crew in college, just through sheer force of will.
Marshall Fine: Interview: Filmmaker Mary Mazzio helps kids beat the odds 2009
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And hey, any nonathlete is doing a public service, because an athlete craves an audience like a guy with new sunglasses craves a mirror.
The Fortunes of Indigo Skye Deb Caletti 2009
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And hey, any nonathlete is doing a public service, because an athlete craves an audience like a guy with new sunglasses craves a mirror.
The Fortunes of Indigo Skye Deb Caletti 2009
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Now a new study sets out to determine what schools get for the money they shell out to run athletic programs, by measuring whether student athletes fare better in the workplace than their nonathlete peers.
Primary Sources 2006
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In the macho arenas where Jordan soars, it can hardly be image-enhancing to lose $1 million, or even $1, to a nonathlete who gives away eight years and several inches.
The Gambling Man 2008
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Now a new study sets out to determine what schools get for the money they shell out to run athletic programs, by measuring whether student athletes fare better in the workplace than their nonathlete peers.
Primary Sources 2006
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Was I (horrors) the pathetically unfit nonathlete battering himself against a force of nature that can pulverize rock into sand, sink impregnable ocean liners and swallow late-thirtyish guys like me for breakfast?
Surf's Up! 2007
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In comparing an unfit former athlete to an unfit nonathlete, I have found that the former athlete always gets into shape perhaps two to three times more quickly than the nonathletic person.
Hold it! Edward J. Jackwski 1995
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