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non-work

non-work is the alternative form of nonwork.

Meaning of nonwork

Noun

nonwork (countable and uncountable, plural nonworks)

  1. (uncountable) That which is not work (employment or occupation).
    • “People tweet me all the time about nonwork things,” she said.2009 July 2, Paul Boutin, “A Day With 400 Tweets Starts With Simplicity”, in New York Times
  2. (countable) That which is not a work (creation).
    • The search is properly pursued by the production of artworks indiscernible from various nonworks and other artwork.1997, Robert Stecker, Artworks: definition, meaning, value

Forms of non-work

pluralnon-works

Questions about non-work

What is non-work the alternative form of?
Non-work is the alternative form of nonwork.

Words near non-work in the dictionary

  1. non-Witness
  2. non-Witnesses
  3. non-woody
  4. non-word
  5. non-words
  6. non-work
  7. non-workable
  8. non-works
  9. non-woven
  10. non-zero
  11. non-Zionism

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