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désoeuvré

désoeuvré adjective: unemployed; unoccupied, idle.

Adjective

désoeuvré (comparative more désoeuvré, superlative most désoeuvré)

  1. Unemployed; unoccupied, idle.
    • They had been stopped at the dazio coming back, and the young officials there, who seemed impudent and désœuvré, had tried to search their reticules.1908, EM Forster, A Room With A View, Penguin, published 2018, page 43

Forms of désoeuvré

comparativemore désoeuvré
superlativemost désoeuvré

Origin of désoeuvré

From French désœuvré.

Questions about désoeuvré

What does désoeuvré mean?
Désoeuvré means unemployed; unoccupied, idle.
What part of speech is désoeuvré?
Désoeuvré is an adjective.

Words near désoeuvré in the dictionary

  1. dérive
  2. dérives
  3. déshabillé
  4. désintéressement
  5. Désirée
  6. désoeuvré
  7. détente
  8. détentes
  9. détourn
  10. détourned
  11. détournement

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