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nonjobs

nonjobs is the plural of nonjob.

Meaning of nonjob

Noun

nonjob (plural nonjobs)

  1. A position that is ostensibly a job but does not involve useful or meaningful work.
    • Sure, reengineering is supposed to be about improving efficiency and workflows. But it also works pretty well to get rid of nonperformers. Just park them in nonjobs, and periodically sweep the nonjobs out with a reengineering study.2002, Sam Hill, Sixty Trends in Sixty Minutes, page 205

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Questions about nonjobs

What is nonjobs the plural of?
Nonjobs is the plural of nonjob.

Words near nonjobs in the dictionary

  1. nonjava
  2. nonjazz
  3. nonjealous
  4. nonjewelry
  5. nonjob
  6. nonjobs
  7. nonjogger
  8. nonjoggers
  9. nonjogging
  10. nonjoinder
  11. nonjoinders

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nonjobs (page history and authors); nonjob (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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