nonagricultural
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of nonagricultural
1840–50; non- + agricultural ( def. )
Example Sentences
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Self-employed workers now make up about 30% of the nonagricultural workforce in China, up from 20% in 2013, data from Gavekal Dragonomics showed.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 20, 2025
Nonagricultural export prices fell 2.7%, reflecting lower prices for industrial supplies and materials, which offset higher prices for capital goods, automotive vehicles and nonagricultural foods.
From Reuters • Jan. 13, 2023
That proposed sewer expansion and a re-designation of the “rural crescent,” where most types of nonagricultural development have been restricted to one house per 10 acres since the late 1990s, drew the most opposition.
From Washington Post • Dec. 14, 2022
The U.S. also will provide H-2B nonagricultural seasonal worker visas to 11,500 nationals of northern Central America and Haiti.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2022
The government's continued prosecution of the civil war and its growing international isolation led to a further deterioration of the nonagricultural sectors of the economy during 1994.
From The 1995 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency
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