Meaning of non-able-bodied | Babel Free

Definitions

Not able-bodied; disabled.

Examples

“It was directed in August 1877 that, on works under the Public Works Department, able-bodied labourers who did not perform⟳ the tasks should be paid only for the portion done, though the effect might be to reduce⟳ their wages below the rate paid on works under Civil Agency; but that non-able-bodied labourers should be paid not less than the Civil Agency rates.”

“I will next deal⟳ with the whole question⟳ of the non-able-bodied, dealing with the Bill as it treats the non-able-bodied as a whole.”

“It will be admitted that a vast difference must occur⟳ between the numbers of those who are bedridden, cripple and wholly disabled and those merely of a non-able-bodied class, who can only earn⟳ one-third of their previous wages.”

“One gets the distinct impression that Kirby, the genre's greatest master of superheroic action, doesn't quite know⟳ what to do with a non-able-bodied man who is not a villain.”

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