Meaning & use
nonparticipating
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Meanings
adjectivebefore a nounformal
Not taking part in an activity, scheme or arrangement.
Grammar: Normally comes before a noun: nonparticipating members.
Patterns
- a nonparticipating member
Nonparticipating students were given a quiet room to read in.
The rule applies to all countries, including nonparticipating states.
Nonparticipating members of the club cannot vote on the budget.
adjectivebefore a nounfinancetechnical
Describing an insurance policy or share that does not pay out a share of the company's profits.
Grammar: A technical use before nouns like policy or stock.
Patterns
- a nonparticipating policy
He chose a nonparticipating policy because the premiums were lower.
Nonparticipating shares pay a fixed amount and do not share in extra profits.
A nonparticipating plan gives no dividends beyond the agreed benefit.
Common combinations
- nonparticipating member
- A nonparticipating member does not attend meetings.
- nonparticipating country
- Nonparticipating countries are not bound by the agreement.
- nonparticipating policy
- A nonparticipating policy usually costs less each month.
- nonparticipating student
- Nonparticipating students sat in the library during the activity.
- nonparticipating provider
- Seeing a nonparticipating provider may cost more under this health plan.
Synonyms and how they differ
- uninvolved
- Uninvolved is more general and personal, while nonparticipating is a formal label for a status.
- abstaining
- Abstaining means deliberately choosing not to vote or take part, which is narrower than nonparticipating.
- inactive
- Inactive describes someone not doing anything, whereas nonparticipating specifically means outside a given activity.
Opposites
Word family
- participate verb
- to take part in something
- participation noun
- the act of taking part
- participant noun
- a person who takes part
- participating adjective
- taking part
Commonly confused: nonparticipating or nonparticipant?
nonparticipating vs nonparticipant
A nonparticipant is a person, while nonparticipating is the adjective used before a noun.
Practice
A health plan says it will not cover visits to doctors outside its network. Those doctors are called ___ providers.
Choose one answer.
Doctors outside the network do not take part in the plan. Participating would describe those inside it.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “nonparticipating”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.