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occupationless

occupationless adjective: having no occupation; jobless; idle.

Adjective

occupationless (comparative more occupationless, superlative most occupationless)

  1. Having no occupation; jobless; idle.
    • There are fewer occupationless Englishmen abroad, but there is a fair supply—half-pay officers, consumptives, and mysterious creatures, who have no good reason for being there.1913, F. M. Mayor, chapter X, in The Third Miss Symons

Forms of occupationless

comparativemore occupationless
superlativemost occupationless

Origin of occupationless

From occupation + -less.

Questions about occupationless

What does occupationless mean?
Occupationless means having no occupation; jobless; idle.
What part of speech is occupationless?
Occupationless is an adjective.

Words near occupationless in the dictionary

  1. occupational therapy
  2. occupationalist
  3. occupationalists
  4. occupationally
  5. occupationism
  6. occupationless
  7. occupations
  8. occupative
  9. occupiable
  10. occupied
  11. occupier

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