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nonworker - definition and meaning
Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
noun A person who does not work as s/he should.
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noun One who does not work .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun a person who does nothing
Etymologies
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non- +ā worker
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Emerging markets, such as India and Brazil, will continue to have two to three workers for every nonworker .
Where to Put Your Money in 2012 Burton G. Malkiel 2012
I just start at the beginning and tell them about being the only nonworker in a family of workers.
White Cat Holly Black 2010
I just start at the beginning and tell them about being the only nonworker in a family of workers.
White Cat Holly Black 2010
This demographic logic also applies to companies, since any employer that offers pensions and benefits to its employees has to deal with the consequences of its nonworker -to-worker ratio, just as a country does.
Archive 2006-08-01 Steve Hulett 2006
Well, we tax only property; if a nonworker acquires taxable property, he has to go to work to earn the taxes.
Ministry of Disturbance H. Beam Piper 1934
There isn't a word of truth in it, of course, but it'll do to arrest and hold them for a few days, and by that time some of my undercovers will be in control of every nonworker vote on the planet.
Ministry of Disturbance H. Beam Piper 1934
On a number of occasions, their smaller rivals, leaders of less important gangs, have been arrested, often on trumped-up charges, and held incommunicado until either Moogie or Zikko could move into their territories and annex their nonworker followers.
Ministry of Disturbance H. Beam Piper 1934
Well, I flunked out so Iām just an antisocial nonworker .
The Almost Archer Sisters Lisa Gabriele 2008
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