nonagricultural
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of nonagricultural
1840–50; non- + agricultural ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Self-employed workers now make up about 30% of the nonagricultural workforce in China, up from 20% in 2013, data from Gavekal Dragonomics showed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025
A backlog of cases at the Labor Department last year caused frustrating months-long delays for employers and immigrants seeking to obtain H-2B visas for seasonal nonagricultural jobs.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2024
The report also showed export prices fell 1.1% in October as prices for both agricultural and nonagricultural exports dropped.
From Reuters • Nov. 16, 2023
That proposed sewer expansion and a re-designation of the “rural crescent,” where most types of nonagricultural development have been restricted to one house per 10 acres since the late 1990s, drew the most opposition.
From Washington Post • Dec. 14, 2022
The government's continued prosecution of the civil war and its growing international isolation continued to inhibit growth in the nonagricultural sectors of the economy during 1998.
From The 1999 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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