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unworker

unworker noun: one who does not work; an idler.

Noun

unworker (plural unworkers)

  1. (archaic) One who does not work; an idler.
    • To retire from business without providing for the useful employment of our powers, is to throw ourselves among the unworkers. Who is the better for their activity? Rather, who is not the worse?1861, Beriah Green, Sermons and Other Discourses, page 113

Forms of unworker

pluralunworkers

Origin of unworker

un- + worker

Questions about unworker

What does unworker mean?
Unworker means one who does not work; an idler.
What part of speech is unworker?
Unworker is a noun.
What is the plural of unworker?
The plural of unworker is unworkers.

Words near unworker in the dictionary

  1. unworkableness
  2. unworkables
  3. unworkably
  4. unworked
  5. unworkedness
  6. unworker
  7. unworkers
  8. unworking
  9. unworkings
  10. unworkmanlike
  11. unworkmanly

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