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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

nonwork en · NOUN

Etymology

From non- + work.

Meanings

  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:

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non-work alternative lexicographic
nonworks Number=Plur lexicographic