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not employed for a salary, fees, or wages; not producing or generating income; not involved in or deriving from labor; not engaged in or directed toward work, esp. as an employee; not functioning or operating

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Usage examples (36)
  • And it won't fetch much with a non-working clutch.
  • Sorry, that non-working link above should be this.
  • FERGUSON: But we call them the "non-working poor" there.
  • But -- what if it really is "only for non-working mothers"?
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