occupationless

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˌɑkjəˈpeɪʃənləs/ UK /ˌɒkjʊˈpeɪʃənləs/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
having no job, profession, or regular activity

Newly graduated and occupationless, he spent his days reading in the park.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · having no job, profession,... unemployed jobless idle workless

Opposites

employed occupied

Word family

Related forms occupation occupy occupant

Etymology

From occupation (from Latin occupatio, from occupare, 'to seize, take possession of') plus the privative suffix -less.

occupare Latin capere Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# occupationless

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˌɑkjəˈpeɪʃənləs/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌɒkjʊˈpeɪʃənləs/

## Meanings
1. having no job, profession, or regular activity

## Examples
- Newly graduated and occupationless, he spent his days reading in the park.

## Synonyms
- unemployed
- jobless
- idle
- workless

## Antonyms
- employed
- occupied

## Related Forms
- occupation
- occupy
- occupant

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: occupare
- Root: capere

## Etymology
From occupation (from Latin occupatio, from occupare, 'to seize, take possession of') plus the privative suffix -less.

## AI Etymology
Occupationless is from occupation (from Latin occupatio, from occupare, 'to seize, take possession of') plus the privative suffix -less. Important recorded forms include occupare (Latin) and capere (Latin). The modern sense follows that older lexical line closely. In current use it covers having no job, profession, or regular activity. The wider family includes related words such as occupation, occupy, and occupant.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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