non-user

Not a consumer

A non-user is someone who doesn't use a particular product, service, or substance.

The term appears most often in research contexts distinguishing groups: The study compared users and non-users of social media.

It also describes people who abstain from drugs or alcohol: As a non-user, she felt out of place at the party.

identity

outsider

One excluded from group

onlooker · bystander · spectator · lurker · browser · passerby · window-shopper · unaffiliated · nonmember · nonparticipant

inexperience

novice

Inexperienced newcomer to field

unfamiliar · first-timer · newcomer · greenhorn · newbie · untrained · unacquainted · inexperienced · trial · demo

technology

technophobe

One fearing modern devices

unplugged · resistant · holdout · unconnected

exclusion

banned

Officially disallowed

unregistered · anonymous · unauthenticated · guest · visitor · lockout · debarment · disqualification · barred · denied

Opposites
usage/participation status

non-useruser

One who operates something

participant · active user · subscriber · member · consumer

substance use (drugs/alcohol context)

non-useruser

One who operates something

drug user · addict · consumer · drinker · smoker

Family

non, user, use, used, uses, usable, unusable, useful, useless

Familiarity
Top 50,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G