non-jobadj.n.
/ˌnɒnˈdʒɒb/, U.S. /ˌnɑnˈdʒɑb/ A. adj.
That does not relate to or form part of a person's job; of or relating to life outside work.
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society > leisure > [adjective]
easyc1385
leisurable1607
vacant1615
leisured1631
leisure1669
sauntry1732
Sundayish1797
sauntering1818
toilless1848
off-duty1851
Sundayfied1899
non-work1922
spare-time1931
non-job1932
1932 Social Forces 11 212 (table) Total Job activities... Total Non-Job activities.
1956 Social Probl. 3 133/1 A significant proportion of industrial workers will rate non-job interests high in their value orientation on the Central Life Interests questionnaire.
2011 S. Borei tr. A. Gullberg & P. Lundin in M. Höjer et al. Images of Future City ix. 101 Will interest for leaving home grow during non-job hours if the workday is mostly spent at home?
B. n.
depreciative. A job that is seen as lacking in purpose or merit, often a public sector role characterized as unproductive or undemanding.
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1961 Punch 7 June 855/2 The only people who work hard in the south are estate agents, hotel keepers and posh-car salesmen—in short, people in non-jobs. For this isn't real work at all. This is being a middleman.
1999 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 3 Oct. 11/3 A post in cabinet that was being described, post-devolution, as a ‘non-job’ by a sceptical press.
2012 Independent 31 Dec. 22/2 Councils can..save the taxpayer billions if they..cut out the non-jobs and waste.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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