Workless

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Devoid of work. not-comparable

    "In the future, will machines end the need for employment and lead to a workless society?"

  2. 2
    Having no work to do; unemployed. not-comparable

    "The number of workless swelled to terrible dimensions"

  3. 3
    Not carried out in practice; not exemplified in fact. not-comparable, obsolete

Synonyms

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unemployedantediluvialantediluvianbackwarddefunctdeprecated

Example

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"In the future, will machines end the need for employment and lead to a workless society?"

Etymology

From work + -less.

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