nonworking
not employed for a salary, fees, or wages; not producing or generating income: Our employee medical plan also covers nonworking spouses.
not involved in or deriving from labor; not engaged in or directed toward work, especially as an employee: What are some of your nonworking activities?
not functioning or operating: a nonworking coffee grinder.
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How to use nonworking in a sentence
For instance, the researchers found that the decline in child-care time was bigger for nonworking, college-educated mothers of young children than older children.
The gap in parenting time between middle- and working-class moms has shrunk | Sujata Gupta | July 9, 2021 | Science NewsMeanwhile, nonworking, college-educated mothers decreased time spent with children by 7 percent, from 176 minutes to 164 minutes on average.
The gap in parenting time between middle- and working-class moms has shrunk | Sujata Gupta | July 9, 2021 | Science NewsFor instance, nonworking mothers without a high school degree spent, on average, 120 minutes per day parenting in the earlier surveys.
The gap in parenting time between middle- and working-class moms has shrunk | Sujata Gupta | July 9, 2021 | Science NewsA nonworking working class may not be immiserated; neither will its members ever find a way to rise above their station.
A group of nonworking Lithuanian women heard that neglected children were reported to the settlement in the neighborhood.
New Homes for Old | Sophonisba Preston Breckinridge
A trend downward in employment—nonworking population increasing by about .0001 per cent annually.
Ministry of Disturbance | Henry Beam PiperAll election dates are set on weekends or nonworking days to ensure continuous work production.
Area Handbook for Bulgaria | Eugene K. Keefe, Violeta D. Baluyut, William Giloane, Anne K. Long, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole
British Dictionary definitions for nonworking
/ (nɒnˈwɜːkɪŋ) /
not engaged in payed employment: nonworking mothers
(of machinery, technology, etc) not operating properly or effectively: nonworking telephones
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