Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

non-able bodied

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.47 in modern English

Syllables: non-able -bod-ied
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Alternative form of non-able-bodied.

Example Sentences

"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."
"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)."
"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."

Inflected Forms

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

Questions

What does non-able bodied mean?: Alternative form of non-able-bodied.

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