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👤 Not noticeable 🤼 No hitting 🏭 Not on strike
nonstriking

nonstriking

5.3
Continuing to work when other employees stop for a protest
  • adjective
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  • The company relied on nonstriking workers to keep the factory operating during the protest.

Examples

  • Only a few nonstriking employees remained in the office while the rest joined the walkout.

  • Are you a nonstriking member of the union?

  • Supervisors assigned extra duties to the nonstriking staff during the labor dispute.

  • The nonstriking workers continued their tasks while others protested.

  • Nonstriking workers ensured that the business continued to operate smoothly during the strike.

  • During the labor dispute, nonstriking employees were tasked with maintaining operations.

  • The company was grateful for its nonstriking staff, as they helped minimize disruption during the work stoppage.

Surface Forms

nonstriking positive

Morphology

nonstriking = striking (transparent) = non + strike + ing

The adjective 'striking' (participating in a labor strike) is negated by the productive prefix 'non-', yielding an easily derived meaning.

Etymology

Nonstriking combines non- 'not' with striking, and strike can also mean 'to refuse to work' as a group protest. So a nonstriking worker is someone who does not join the work stoppage.