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has no business

has no business is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 has no business

What is has no business the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Has no business is the third-person singular simple present indicative of have no business.

Words near has no business in the dictionary

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

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