having no business
having no business is the present participle and gerund 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)
- 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
- 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 having no business
- What is having no business the present participle and gerund of?
- Having no business is the present participle and gerund of have no business.
Words near having no business in the dictionary
- having more chins than a Chinese phone book
- having more chins than a Chinese phonebook
- having more chins than Chinatown
- having more money than God
- having more of something in one's finger than
- having no business
- having no idea
- having no time for
- having no use for
- having none of it
- having none of something
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