nonablebodied

English

Adjective

nonablebodied (comparative more nonablebodied, superlative most nonablebodied)

1. Alternative form of non-able-bodied
   • 1912, New York (State). Department of Social Welfare, Report - Volume 1, page 32:

     That the abolition of outdoor relief to the nonablebodied is, in our judgment, wholly impracticable, and, even if it were possible it would be contrary to the public interest.

   • 2013, Stephen C. Ainlay, Gaylene Becker, Lerita M. Coleman, The Dilemma of Difference: A Multidisciplinary View of Stigma:

     Although their studies illustrate once more the challenges of assessing and interpreting young children's attitudes, they also indicate at least mild preference for the ablebodied over the nonablebodied.

   • 2022, Abraham Samuel Becker, Soviet National Income 1958-1964, page 300:

     Suppose work for private citizens is valued at the same rate as work for the collective farm or on the plot — the proportion of nonablebodied man hours in work for private citizens is higher than in work for the farm but lower than in work on the plot.

   • 2023, Alise de Bie, Elizabeth Marquis, Alison Cook-Sather, Promoting Equity and Justice Through Pedagogical Partnership:

     Offering an example of how all of the forms of ontological harm we discuss here can intersect, Averi, and agender, queer, asexual, nonablebodied, Jewish student activist quoted by Linder et al. (2019), explained: "I was just completely destroyed as a human in almost every way [in my] two years that I spent at [institution]....