Definitions
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- noun uncountable That which is not
work (employment or occupation). - noun countable That which is not a
work (creation).
Etymologies
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Examples
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After discussing the matter over the phone in April 2006, the attorney emailed his cellphone number to the manager and informed him that he might "feel freer" to fully express his opinions on a nonwork phone, Mr. Kotz found.
SEC Watchdog Cites Misconduct in Hedge-Fund Case Andrew Ackerman 2011
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Employees follow strict rules: Attendance is mandatory, nonwork chitchat is kept to a minimum and, above all, everyone has to stand up.
No More Angling for the Best Seat; More Meetings Are Stand-Up Jobs Rachel Emma Silverman 2012
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And yet we also know that it works in our nonwork life.
The Orange Revolution Adrian Gostick 2010
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Give Aspies specific instructions about behaviors you find annoying or difficult, even in nonwork matters.
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And yet we also know that it works in our nonwork life.
The Orange Revolution Adrian Gostick 2010
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LG CNS's executives worried that BizTweet users might become too focused on nonwork items, becoming a kind of electronic water cooler that couldn't be controlled, says Choi So-young, a company spokeswoman who participated in the test.
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Give Aspies specific instructions about behaviors you find annoying or difficult, even in nonwork matters.
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Give Aspies specific instructions about behaviors you find annoying or difficult, even in nonwork matters.
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And yet we also know that it works in our nonwork life.
The Orange Revolution Adrian Gostick 2010
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I begin by suggesting that, while the ingredients of a more useful conception of play as a disposition (as opposed to an activity) were always present, and even found expression on occasion, the field as a whole stressed only two viable possibilities: play as nonwork and play as representation.
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