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had no business

had no business is the simple past and past participle of have no business.

Meaning of have no business

Verb

have no business (third-person singular simple present has no business, present participle having no business, simple past and past participle had no business)

  1. To not have a right or privilege to do something.
    • We take this step not because this Court's criminal procedure rulings are somehow unimportant.... Instead, we abandon Teagues test because it poses a question this Court has no business' asking.2021, Edwards v. Vannoy (U.S. Supreme Court No. 19–5807), Justice Gorsuch concurring
  2. To not have a right or privilege to be in a certain place.
    • 'You have no business being here. You need to go back to the office and sign in. Go down this hall,' he said, pointing, 'and turn right, down the stairs, and then right again.' He ushered her out the door.2014, Connie Willis, Passage

Questions about had no business

What is had no business the simple past and past participle of?
Had no business is the simple past and past participle of have no business.

Words near had no business in the dictionary

  1. had more chins than a Chinese phone book
  2. had more chins than a Chinese phonebook
  3. had more chins than Chinatown
  4. had more money than God
  5. had more of something in one's finger than
  6. had no business
  7. had no idea
  8. had no time for
  9. had no use for
  10. had none of it
  11. had none of something

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