Non-able-bodied
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Non-able-bodied is an adjective meaning Not able-bodied; disabled.
Meaning
Not able-bodied; disabled.
Example Sentences
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.
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.
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.
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.
Word Forms
- nonablebodied
- non-ablebodied
- nonable-bodied
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