nonmanual
- a word derived from manual.
Example Sentences
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The notion that businesses should care about happiness arose with the increase of nonmanual jobs, said Alex Edmans, a finance professor at London Business School.
From Seattle Times • May 16, 2022
In Poughkeepsie and Philadelphia, only 5–10 percent of manual laborers made this leap, but nonmanual clerks had strikingly better chances, with 25–38 percent of them becoming professionals or business owners in the 1850s.
From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018
The division of labor affected nonmanual workers almost as much as artisans.
From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018
At that time, nonmanual labor accounted for a minority of jobs in the country, and those who did spend their days in an office were often the source of derision.
From Slate • Apr. 10, 2014
The middle level of contemporary society encompasses all persons in nonmanual occupations who are not members of the ruling elite.
From Area Handbook for Bulgaria by Baluyut, Violeta D.
