Meanings
comparative more non-able bodied · superlative most non-able bodied
- alternativeAlternative form of non-able-bodied.
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).
2012, I. Marx, K. Nelson, Minimum Income Protection in Flux, page 302 more examples
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.
2004, Arun Kumar, Alka Chaudhary, Kirshna's Descriptive Statistics: (Statistical Methods), page 262In 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.
2022, Esme Cleall, Global Histories of Disability, 1700-2015
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