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workless.

Devoid of work.

8 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

adj
  1. Devoid of work.

    not-comparable
    In the future, will machines end the need for employment and lead to a workless society?
  2. Having no work to do; unemployed.

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

    not-comparable · obsolete
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English work Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English workless From work + -less.

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