occupationless

English

Etymology

occupation +‎ -less

Adjective

occupationless (comparative more occupationless, superlative most occupationless)

  1. Having no occupation; jobless; idle.
    • 1913, F. M. Mayor, chapter X, in The Third Miss Symons‎:
      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.
    • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:occupationless.
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