nonindustrial

/ (ˌnɒnɪnˈdʌstrɪəl) /

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adjective

not of or relating to an industrial society, place, or age

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How to use nonindustrial in a sentence

Beyond this, the race-horse proper has also a similarly non-industrial but honorific use as a gambling instrument.
The Theory of the Leisure Class|Thorstein Veblen
Contract labor of this kind is quite different from the peonage and contract labor of the non-industrial races.
Races and Immigrants in America|John R. Commons
He was a disgrace to every non-industrial profession in the country.
The Gentle Grafter|O. Henry