2. Noun. The act of not reading ¹
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Definition of Nonreading
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nonreading
Literary usage of Nonreading
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Clouded Lens: Persian Gulf Security and U.S. Policy by James H. Noyes (1982)
"8 Most outstanding among the errors of misreading or nonreading of past policy
evidenced by this statement is the proposition that the regional states were ..."
2. Biographic Clinics by George Milbry Gould (1905)
"In nonreading farmers, workmen, seamen, etc., the correction is not required to
be made at so early an age, nor perhaps in so high a degree as in sewing- ..."
3. Adult Literacy Education: Current and Future Directions, an Update by Hanna Arlene Fingeret (1994)
"... process seems to reproduce earlier negative experiences with schooling,
nonreading adults often make choices not to participate in literacy programs. ..."
4. Exercises for "Methods of Teaching in High Schools": A Problem-solving ...by Samuel Chester Parker by Samuel Chester Parker (1918)
"... nonreading boy ; wants to be outdoors all the time or, if indoors, dancing or
playing cards and pool. 24. Fiction: individual differences in methods of ..."
5. History of the Sunday School Movement in the Methodist Episcopal Church by Addie Grace Wardle (1918)
"The first series in the plan was "Two Years with Jesus," adapted to four grades
of pupils: (1) Infant grade, "composed of the nonreading children" from ..."
6. Venezuela, a Commercial and Industrial Handbook: A Commercial and Industrial by United States Dept. of Commerce, Purl Lord Bell (1922)
"These new trade-marks should be brought to the attention of the general nonreading
public by means of brilliant posters displayed on the walls about the ..."
7. Venezuela, a Commercial and Industrial Handbook: A Commercial and Industrial by United States Dept. of Commerce, Purl Lord Bell (1922)
"These new trade-marks should be brought to the attention of the general nonreading
public by means of brilliant posters displayed on the walls about the ..."
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