non-workingadj.n.

Brit.

/nɒnˈwəːkɪŋ/, U.S.

/nɑnˈwərkɪŋ/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: non- prefix, working adj.

Etymology: < non- prefix + working adj. Compare earlier unworking adj.

That does not work; spec. not in paid employment. Also as n. (with the): non-working people collectively.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > lack of work > [adjective] > not working or unemployed

servicelessc1450

unlabouredc1450

masterless1471

unwrought1550

unplaced1558

labourless1576

flag-fallen1609

unlabouring1619

disemployed1651

hireless1651

unengaged1654

unemployed1667

unworking1696

untoiling1748

workless1758

occupationless1822

placeless1828

out of work1833

non-working1841

unhired1852

jobless1862

out of (or in) collar1862

non-employed1876

spare1919

on the beach1923

in dry dock1927

off-the-job1950

on (also upon) the street(s)1980

unwaged1981

1841 N. Amer. Rev. Apr. 303 Our deficiency in subjects of elegant cultivation, affording occupation to the class of non-working men in the old world.

1851 H. Mayhew London Labour III. 3/2 The members of every community may be divided into the..hardworking and the non-working.

1919 H. G. Wells Outl. Hist. 105/1 We find already in all the civilized regions a distinction between a non-working ruler class and the working mass of the population.

1987 J. Wilcox Miss Undine's Living Room vi. 82 She had seen the vine leaves before: over the mantel of the nonworking fireplace in Mrs. Undine's living room.

1994 Spy (N.Y.) Mar. 48/1 Richard Foster..had asked a machinist to make a crude nonworking machine-gun replica.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	non-working
释义	non-workingadj.n. Brit. /nɒnˈwəːkɪŋ/, U.S. /nɑnˈwərkɪŋ/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: non- prefix, working adj. Etymology: < non- prefix + working adj. Compare earlier unworking adj. That does not work; spec. not in paid employment. Also as n. (with the): non-working people collectively. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > lack of work > [adjective] > not working or unemployed servicelessc1450 unlabouredc1450 masterless1471 unwrought1550 unplaced1558 labourless1576 flag-fallen1609 unlabouring1619 disemployed1651 hireless1651 unengaged1654 unemployed1667 unworking1696 untoiling1748 workless1758 occupationless1822 placeless1828 out of work1833 non-working1841 unhired1852 jobless1862 out of (or in) collar1862 non-employed1876 spare1919 on the beach1923 in dry dock1927 off-the-job1950 on (also upon) the street(s)1980 unwaged1981 1841 N. Amer. Rev. Apr. 303 Our deficiency in subjects of elegant cultivation, affording occupation to the class of non-working men in the old world. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour III. 3/2 The members of every community may be divided into the..hardworking and the non-working. 1919 H. G. Wells Outl. Hist. 105/1 We find already in all the civilized regions a distinction between a non-working ruler class and the working mass of the population. 1987 J. Wilcox Miss Undine's Living Room vi. 82 She had seen the vine leaves before: over the mantel of the nonworking fireplace in Mrs. Undine's living room. 1994 Spy (N.Y.) Mar. 48/1 Richard Foster..had asked a machinist to make a crude nonworking machine-gun replica. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1841
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