workless

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 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
    — The number of workless swelled to terrible dimensions
  3. Not carried out in practice; not exemplified in fact. not-comparable,obsolete

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *werǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *-om
Proto-Indo-European *wérǵom
Proto-Germanic *werką
Proto-West Germanic *werk
Old English weorc
Middle English werk
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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