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employless

employless adjective: without employment.

Adjective

employless (not comparable)

  1. Without employment.
    • […] the Bazar-Sergeant's son, a long, employless man of five and twenty […]1888, Rudyard Kipling, Wee Willie Winkie and Other Child Stories, Wee Willie Winkie

Origin of employless

From employ + -less.

Questions about employless

What does employless mean?
Employless means without employment.
What part of speech is employless?
Employless is an adjective.

Words near employless in the dictionary

  1. employes
  2. employest
  3. employeth
  4. employing
  5. employing a steam engine to crack a nut
  6. employless
  7. employment
  8. employment agencies
  9. employment agency
  10. employment at will
  11. employment contract

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