nonagricultural
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- adjective
- /ˌnɒnˌæɡrɪˈkʌltʃərəl/
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- Now, 58.7 percent of the nonagricultural workforce is employed in the informal sector.
- nonagricultural sector
- nonagricultural land
- nonagricultural activities
Examples
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Although industrial production rose somewhat more rapidly in the East than in the West, other nonagricultural sectors grew more slowly.
Academic text (1991) -
During the same period, an increasing proportion of rural family labor was being employed in nonagricultural activities.
Academic text (1997) -
The human population in nonagricultural areas of the world increases.
Blog text (1) -
Why, he asks, did these two regions remain nonagricultural for so long?
Academic text (1999) -
In improving access to nonagricultural markets, we look to leadership from Brazil and India.
Academic text (2007) -
The unemployment rate in the nonagricultural sector was even higher: 8.3 percent.
Academic text (1991) -
The vast majority of farming households do not have the capital or expertise to invest in nonagricultural businesses.
Academic text (1997) -
For those who do not wish to leave their homes and families, most nonagricultural wage work is found in the market town of San Isidro.
Academic text (1997) -
Nonagricultural employment was the major source of high income growth for both farm and nonfarm low-income families.
Academic text (1991) -
The region's economy is primarily based on nonagricultural industries such as manufacturing and services.
Synonyms
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About jobs or businesses that are not in farming
Work not about farming, like making things or offering services
Antonyms
How Agricultural
Surface Forms
Morphology
nonagricultural = agricultural (transparent) = non + agricultural
The productive negating prefix 'non-' is directly attached to the adjective 'agricultural', forming a clear negation 'not related to agriculture'.
Etymology
Nonagricultural combines non- 'not' with agricultural, which comes from an old root meaning 'field' and refers to 'farming' like a 'farm'. So, nonagricultural means 'not related to farming'.