nonactor

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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. 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
  • Instructors are on hand to teach novices.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
  • For seasoned cooks and kitchen novices, cookbook author and nutritionist Robin Miller takes it back to basics with great, family-friendly recipes worth making over and over again.
    Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Northern Irishman, who clinched the title here back in 2016, leads the field alongside Team Europe Ryder Cup teammates Tyrrell Hatton and native son Shane Lowry, who triumphed in this tourney as an amateur in 2009.
    Mike Dojc, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Touchdown / Call the amateurs and cut ’em from the team.
    Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 29 Aug. 2025

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“Nonactor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonactor. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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