nonalcoholic
Etymology
non- + alcoholic
adj
noun
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One who is not an alcoholic. A quarantine is indeed a trying time. Where “people who can drink normally” — A.A. lingo for nonalcoholics — are stocking up on liquor, A.A. members, and there are some 2.1 million of us, are hellbent on keeping the meetings going. 2020-04-02, Virginia Heffernan, “Staying Sober During a Lockdown”, in The New York Times -
A nonalcoholic beverage. When asked if there was a degree of sadness to transition to non-alcoholics after nearly two decades of making spirits, Mathews said no. 2023-02-22, Kai Ryssdal, Sean McHenry, “The LA distillery ginning up business in the non-alcoholic spirit market”, in Marketplace
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