nonagricultural

adjective

non·​ag·​ri·​cul·​tur·​al ˌnän-ˌa-gri-ˈkəl-ch(ə-)rəl 

: not agricultural: such as

a

: not of, relating to, or used in farming and agriculture

nonagricultural products/land

b

: not engaged in or concerned with farming or agriculture

nonagricultural workers

Examples of nonagricultural in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The new guidelines would limit the licenses to temporary agricultural workers with H-2A visas, temporary nonagricultural workers with H-2B visas and investors with E-2 visas. —Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2026

The visa is for temporary, nonagricultural workers and is often used in hospitality and tourism, landscaping, construction and other industries. —Suzanne Gamboa, NBC news, 24 Feb. 2026

But, Deller and Boyce posit the opposite holds true, and that increasingly, healthy farms require linkages to a strong nonagricultural dependent economy. —Dawn Thilmany, Forbes.com, 19 Jan. 2026

As labor availability declines because younger generations leave rural areas for cities or overseas work, and economic priorities shift toward wage labor and other nonagricultural livelihoods, even basic maintenance becomes difficult. —Stephen Acabado, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1835, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for nonagricultural

• sociocultural
• agricultural
• countercultural
• horticultural
• intercultural
• multicultural
• silvicultural
• viticultural
• bicultural
• subcultural
• transcultural
• cultural