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non-consuming
adjective
social science specialized(alsononconsuming)uk /ˌnɒn.kənˈsjuː.mɪŋ/ us /ˌnɑːn.kənˈsuː.mɪŋ/
not being a consumer of particular goods or services, or of goods and services in general:
Jane describes herself as a non-dependent, non-consuming individual who is not part of the typical family structure.
The proposition assumes that the non-consuming households are at the bottom of the income ladder.
not eating or drinking a particular thing:
The study compared regular coffee drinkers with a non-consuming group.
Whether or not the consuming and the non-consuming households can be considered as a group depends on the factors that determine their decision not to consume.
Non-consuming young people were ignored by marketing until the 1960s.
Except for the non-consuming group, patients were excluded if they had not consumed alcohol in the past month.
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