"businesslessness" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From businessless + -ness. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|businessless|-ness}} businessless + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} businesslessness (uncountable)
  1. (very rare) The quality of lacking business or businesses. Tags: rare, uncountable
    Sense id: en-businesslessness-en-noun--84uOiwC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness

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          "ref": "2006 June, Bill Menza, “Poem: Why Not Meditate All the Time?”, in The Mindfulness Bell, number 42, archived from the original on 2023-08-07",
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