What does non-able-bodied mean?
Non-able-bodied means Not able-bodied; disabled..
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Not able-bodied; disabled..
It was directed in August 1877 that, on works under the Public Works Department, able-bodied labourers who did not perform the tasks should be paid only for the portion done, though the effect might be to reduce their wages below the rate paid on works under Civil Agency; but that non-able-bodied labourers should be paid not less than the Civil Agency rates.
I will next deal with the whole question of the non-able-bodied, dealing with the Bill as it treats the non-able-bodied as a whole.
It will be admitted that a vast difference must occur between the numbers of those who are bedridden, cripple and wholly disabled and those merely of a non-able-bodied class, who can only earn one-third of their previous wages.
One gets the distinct impression that Kirby, the genre's greatest master of superheroic action, doesn't quite know what to do with a non-able-bodied man who is not a villain.
Use non-able-bodied when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Non-able-bodied means Not able-bodied; disabled..
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It was directed in August 1877 that, on works under the Public Works Department, able-bodied labourers who did not perform the tasks should be paid only for the portion done, though the effect might be to reduce their wages below the rate paid on works under Civil Agency; but that non-able-bodied labourers should be paid not less than the Civil Agency rates.
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