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unoccupation

unoccupation is the alternative form of inoccupation.

Meaning of inoccupation

Noun

inoccupation (uncountable)

  1. Lack of occupation (being busy); lack of something to do.
    • The whole strength of Evadne's mind was exerted to support the failing spirits of her husband. Loss of property, hopelessness as to his future prospects, the inoccupation to which poverty condemned him, combined to reduce him to a state bordering on insanity.1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter VII, in The Last Man. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 235

Origin of unoccupation

From un- + occupation.

Questions about unoccupation

What is unoccupation the alternative form of?
Unoccupation is the alternative form of inoccupation.

Words near unoccupation in the dictionary

  1. unoccluded
  2. unocclusive
  3. unocculted
  4. unoccupancies
  5. unoccupancy
  6. unoccupation
  7. unoccupiable
  8. unoccupied
  9. unoccupiedness
  10. unoccurring
  11. unoceanic

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