nonoperative

1. (uncommon) One who is not an operative (“employee or worker”).Examples: "Practically 50 per cent of the female operatives are found in the two groups aged 15 to 19 and 20 to 24 years, while only 18.2 per cent of the female nonoperatives are found in these age groups."; "If they were less numerous among the nonoperatives it would be a reasonable assumption that the operative death rates were unfairly weighted by their greater relative number, and that a part at least of the operative excess was due to ..."; "[...] proportion of nonoperatives in total employment in all British manufacturing industries from 1948 to 1962."uncommon