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Recent Examples of nonactor
For nonactors, preening in front of a camera with directors calling out emotions to convey merely with facial expressions and gestures can be cringe inducing.
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Katherine Rosman, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2018
Willem Dafoe plays, with great grace, the motel manager, but the remainder of the cast members are almost all nonactors.
—Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Sep. 2017
Contrary to popular belief, the director did not, for the most part, use nonactors in this film
—David Mermelstein, WSJ, 7 Aug. 2017
Katherine Rosman, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2018
Willem Dafoe plays, with great grace, the motel manager, but the remainder of the cast members are almost all nonactors.
—Peter Rainer, The Christian Science Monitor, 15 Sep. 2017
Contrary to popular belief, the director did not, for the most part, use nonactors in this film
—David Mermelstein, WSJ, 7 Aug. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonactor
Noun
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Everyone from novice hikers to camping enthusiasts will find gear worth shopping, and prices start at just $24.—
Merrell Readman,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Sep. 2025
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Mild discomfort, however, is a very common experience of novice exercisers.—
Masha Remskar,
The Conversation,
23 Sep. 2025
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But on a recent warm September morning, the rhythmic beat of jackhammers crushing concrete with steel and the hissing flow of rush hour traffic greeted a group of amateur ornithologists.—
Karl Schneider,
IndyStar,
22 Sep. 2025
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Sasaki signed as an international amateur, meaning the Dodgers used funds from their international bonus pool to land him.—
Aaliyan Mohammed,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Nonactor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonactor. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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