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?

3. not functioning or operating:

   a nonworking coffee grinder.

nonworking

/ nɒnˈwɜːkɪŋ /

adjective

1. not engaged in payed employment

   nonworking mothers

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

   nonworking telephones

Word History and Origins

Origin of nonworking¹

First recorded in 1850–55; non- + working

Example Sentences

His bill, which will be aired in the Assembly Labor and Employment Committee in the coming weeks, would require a public or private employer to “establish a workplace policy that provides employees the right to disconnect from communications from the employer during nonworking hours, except as specified.”

From Los Angeles Times

Employment contracts would have to clearly outline working and nonworking hours.

From Los Angeles Times

“Requiring employers to assign those exempt workers ‘nonworking hours’ completely defeats the intent behind being an exempt employee,” Hoffman wrote.

From Los Angeles Times

Written by Caltrans director Tony Tavares, it says the state should explicitly prohibit storage of oil, gasoline, lumber, pallets, wood, wood chips, landscaping materials, nonworking vehicles, plastic piping/tubing, tires, paper products, fabrics, batteries and industrial quantities of chemicals and cleaning supplies under bridges and other structures.

From Los Angeles Times

Among Seattle’s 26 community centers, 11 have cameras that are either outdated or nonworking, according to Rachel Schulkin, a spokeswoman for the city’s Department of Parks and Recreation.

From Seattle Times