"workless" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: work + -less Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|work|less}} work + -less Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} workless (not comparable)
  1. Devoid of work. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-workless-en-adj-wXlRrR0K
  2. Having no work to do; unemployed. Tags: not-comparable Translations (unemployed): безработен (bezraboten) (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-workless-en-adj-oIOquiXw Disambiguation of 'unemployed': 1 98 1
  3. (obsolete) Not carried out in practice; not exemplified in fact. Tags: not-comparable, obsolete
    Sense id: en-workless-en-adj-dhfIWiB~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 4 93 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 10 11 80

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