non-able bodied

English

Adjective

non-able bodied (comparative more non-able bodied, superlative most non-able bodied)

1. Alternative form of non-able-bodied
   • 2004, Arun Kumar, Alka Chaudhary, Kirshna's Descriptive Statistics: (Statistical Methods), page 262:

     Given 50% of the inmates of an institution are men, 60% are aged (over 60), 80% non-able bodies, 35% aged men, 45% non-able bodied men, and 42% non-able bodied and aged, find the greatest and least proportions of non-able bodied aged men.

   • 2012, I. Marx, K. Nelson, Minimum Income Protection in Flux, page 30:

     In Hungary there is a specific scheme aimed at non-able bodied persons as well as those who are no longer entitled to social insurance benefits (e.g. unemployment insurance).

   • 2022, Esme Cleall, Global Histories of Disability, 1700-2015:

     In 1877, Natal's Emigrant Protector Lt-Col. Banastre Pryce Llyod recommended that indentured labourers should be classified into 'able bodied' and 'non-able bodied' and that the rate of wages should be fixed accordingly for each group.