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nonworking

[ non-wur-king ]

adjective

  1. not employed for a salary, fees, or wages; not producing or generating income:

    Our employee medical plan also covers nonworking spouses.

  2. 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?

  3. not functioning or operating:

    a nonworking coffee grinder.



nonworking

/ nɒnˈwɜːkɪŋ /

adjective

  1. not engaged in payed employment

    nonworking mothers

  2. (of machinery, technology, etc) not operating properly or effectively

    nonworking telephones

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of nonworking1

First recorded in 1850–55; non- + working
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Example Sentences

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.

Meanwhile, nonworking, college-educated mothers decreased time spent with children by 7 percent, from 176 minutes to 164 minutes on average.

For instance, nonworking mothers without a high school degree spent, on average, 120 minutes per day parenting in the earlier surveys.

A 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.

A trend downward in employment—nonworking population increasing by about .0001 per cent annually.

All election dates are set on weekends or nonworking days to ensure continuous work production.

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