nonacademic
adjective
non·ac·a·dem·ic
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Definition of nonacademic
: not relating to a school or formal education : not academic
a nonacademic job nonacademic achievements enjoying some nonacademic summer reading
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To help pay for some of those athletic and other nonacademic needs, the district signed a 25-year naming rights agreement with Acuity Insurance. — Alec Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "The Grafton School Board approved field turf for its baseball and softball fields. Here's what you need to know.," 10 July 2019 Willow Harrington, who heads nonacademic accountability efforts at the California Charter Schools Association, was connecting the dots of the A3 network and looking into its practices during the same time the DA’s investigation was going on. — The Washington Post, The Mercury News, "How does a $50 million charter scam work? Here’s what happened in California (before 11 people were indicted).," 17 June 2019 Photo: Lauren McFalls/Bloomberg News Harvard said the reports weren’t shared widely because they were based on a preliminary analysis that didn’t take into account nonacademic factors. — Nicole Hong And Melissa Korn, WSJ, "The Secrets of Getting Into Harvard Were Once Closely Guarded. That’s About to Change.," 11 Oct. 2018 Individuals also can be held accountable under the nonacademic misconduct code. — Karen Herzog, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "UW suspends Kappa Sigma after woman nearly hit by falling television at party," 5 July 2018 Kieznerds organizers had hoped that a considerable part of the audience would be nonacademic. — Science News Staff, Science | AAAS, "A final dash across the United States: Updates from the 2018 March for Science," 14 Apr. 2018 Kaiser Permanente's effort appears to be unique among nonacademic medical institutions. — Michael Hiltzik, latimes.com, "Kaiser Permanente will start filling the vacuum in gun research with a $2-million study program," 11 Apr. 2018 That initiative will allow the district to track students' skills — both academic and nonacademic — from kindergarten through the 12th grade. — Mandy Mclaren, The Courier-Journal, "Check out Superintendent Marty Pollio’s 5-point plan to reshape JCPS," 29 Mar. 2018 Even students who lust for Ivy admission spend hundreds of hours a year in nonacademic pursuits because the most selective U.S. colleges think that’s a good sign of character and potential. — Jay Mathews, Washington Post, "Let’s hear it for the Dragonslayer’s Society and other not-so-scholarly pursuits," 18 Feb. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'nonacademic.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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