Meanings
nounnonproduction (uncountable)
- uncountableAbsence of production.
Toyota said it expected to schedule another series of nonproduction days at some of its American plants in April.
2009 February 13, Micheline Maynard, “Toyota’s Cost-Cutting Plan to Include Buyouts for Factory Workers”, in New York Times
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Germanic*ne
- Proto-Indo-European*ís?
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
- Proto-Germanic*ainaz
- Proto-Germanic*nainaz
- Proto-West Germanic*nain
- Old Englishnān
- Middle Englishnon
- Old Englishnān
- Old Englishnān-
- Middle Englishnon-
- Englishnon-
- Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
- Proto-Indo-European*pér
- Proto-Indo-European*pró
- Proto-Indo-European*pro-
- Proto-Italic*pro-
- Latinprō-
- Proto-Indo-European*dewk-
- Proto-Indo-European*déwkti
- Proto-Italic*doukō
- Latindūcō
- Latinprōdūcō
- Latinprōductiō
- Old Frenchproduction
- Middle Englishproduccioun
- Englishproduction
- Englishnonproduction
From non- + production.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
nonproduction. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonproduction
MLA
“nonproduction.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonproduction. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nonproduction,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonproduction.
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