occupationless

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English

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Etymology

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From occupation +‎ -less.

Adjective

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occupationless (comparative more occupationless, superlative most occupationless)

  1. Having no occupation; jobless; idle.
    • 1913, F. M. Mayor, chapter X, in The Third Miss Symons‎[1]:
      There are fewer occupationless Englishmen abroad, but there is a fair supply—half-pay officers, consumptives, and mysterious creatures, who have no good reason for being there.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:occupationless.
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