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unbusinesslikeness

unbusinesslikeness noun: the quality or condition of being unbusinesslike.

Noun

unbusinesslikeness (uncountable)

  1. The quality or condition of being unbusinesslike.
    • Miss Hill is killing herself with conscientiousness and, as you so truly said, with unbusinesslikeness, and to no purpose for anybody.1874 May 14, Florence Nightingale, “Letter to Henry Bonham Carter”, in Lynn McDonald, editor, Florence Nightingale: Extending Nursing, Waterloo, O.N.: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, published...
    • They complain, it is true, not so much of actual wilful dishonesty—though of that, too, they affirm there is plenty—as of pettiness, constant shillyshallying, unbusinesslikeness almost passing belief.1890, Basil Hall Chamberlain, Things Japanese: Being Notes on Various Subjects Connected with Japan, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd., page 184

Examples of unbusinesslikeness in a sentence

  • You will no more avoid failure by systematic unbusinesslikeness, than you will secure success by strict attention to business.1895, George Saintsbury, “Three Mid-Century Novelists”, in Corrected Impressions: Essays on Victorian Writers, 2nd edition, London: William...
  • The unbusinesslikeness of the profession of prostitution is considered very amusing by men.1968, G[ershon] Legman, Rationale of the Dirty Joke: An Analysis of Sexual Humor, New York, N.Y.: Bell Publishing Company, published 1975...
  • When elected officials saw their loss reduction decisions from within the frame of "unbusinesslikeness," they quickly approved spending money on uniform business cards.1999 June, Dennis Gilbride, Robert Stensrud, “Demand-Side Job Development and System Change”, in Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin, volume...

Antonyms of unbusinesslikeness

Origin of unbusinesslikeness

From unbusinesslike + -ness.

Questions about unbusinesslikeness

What does unbusinesslikeness mean?
Unbusinesslikeness means the quality or condition of being unbusinesslike.
How do you use unbusinesslikeness in a sentence?
You will no more avoid failure by systematic unbusinesslikeness, than you will secure success by strict attention to business.
What part of speech is unbusinesslikeness?
Unbusinesslikeness is a noun.

Words near unbusinesslikeness in the dictionary

  1. unbusier
  2. unbusies
  3. unbusiest
  4. unbusily
  5. unbusinesslike
  6. unbusinesslikeness
  7. unbusk
  8. unbusked
  9. unbuskined
  10. unbusking
  11. unbusks

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