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?

  1. not functioning or operating: a nonworking coffee grinder.

Origin of nonworking

1
First recorded in 1850–55; non- + working

Words Nearby nonworking

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How to use nonworking in a sentence

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

    Ministry of Disturbance | Henry Beam Piper
  • All election dates are set on weekends or nonworking days to ensure continuous work production.

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British Dictionary definitions for nonworking

nonworking

/ (nɒnˈwɜːkɪŋ) /


adjective
  1. not engaged in payed employment: nonworking mothers

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

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