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nonjob en · ADJ

Etymology

From non- + job.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Not relating to a person's job.
    • the effect of disability on nonjob activities

nonjob en · NOUN

Etymology

From non- + job.

Meanings

  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:
    • Nonjobs are particularly common in the health industry and are well described by Drucker as those positions in which the title is “assistant to.” An individual's performance should be observable by the total organization […] 2010, Seth Goldsmith, Principles of Health Care Management, page 117:

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