nonathlete

noun

non·​ath·​lete ˌnän-ˈath-ˌlēt 

 nonstandard  -ˈa-thə-ˌlēt

: a person who is not an athlete

an obstacle course too demanding for a nonathlete

nonathletic

ˌnän-ath-ˈle-tik 

 nonstandard  -ˌa-thə-ˈle-

adjective

nonathletic interests/activities

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web

This is not the first such test for Ms. Goldschmidt, 47, who is the first nonathlete to run U.S. Ski & Snowboard in at least a quarter-century. —Dan Fitzpatrick, WSJ, 5 Feb. 2022

Then, by scanning obituaries and old yearbooks, the researchers narrowed the group to 300 athletes who played contact sports and 450 nonathletes. —Sabine Galvis, Science | AAAS, 3 July 2019

But even at schools where athletics is a loss leader and in sports that don’t draw many paying customers, competitors ought to be able to take advantage of whatever market value their skills might have, just as student nonathletes do. —Eric Zorn, chicagotribune.com, 29 Oct. 2019

Salazar is arguably the most famous nonathlete ever to receive a doping sanction. —David Epstein, ProPublica, 1 Oct. 2019

Nine percent of athletes had evidence of CTE, compared with just over 3% of nonathletes. —Sabine Galvis, Science | AAAS, 3 July 2019

The program also welcomes nonathletes and even adults, because the universal lessons of mindfulness, focus and resilience apply to everyone. —René A. Guzman, ExpressNews.com, 13 June 2019

The tests gave me, a nonathlete, a taste of what the elite crew teams at my school must have experienced: the glory of beyond-regional success, along with the more enduring satisfaction of having been in it together. —Caitlin Macy, WSJ, 22 Feb. 2019

And some see managing heart-rate variability as a way for nonathletes to deal with stress. —Charles Wallace, WSJ, 25 June 2017

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Word History

First Known Use

1885, in the meaning defined above