nongraduate

noun

non·grad·u·ate ˌnän-ˈgra-jə-wət

-ˌwāt,

-ˈgraj-wət

: a person who is not a graduate

He became a college dropout, though nongraduate may be the more precise term.—

David Leonhardt

Examples of nongraduate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The window is the only chance nongraduate players have to enter. —

Dallas News, 1 Dec. 2022 There are more women and ethnic minorities in our legislatures than ever before, which should be celebrated, but there have never been fewer nongraduates and people from blue-collar backgrounds. —

Matthew Goodwin, WSJ, 14 June 2019 Today, more middle-class jobs for nongraduates are in financial services and health care. —

Lauren Weber, WSJ, 26 July 2017 Despite the shifting composition of well-paying jobs for nongraduates, the division by gender has remained roughly steady over the same period. —

Lauren Weber, WSJ, 26 July 2017

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