inoccupation
English
editEtymology
editFrom in- + occupation.
Noun
editinoccupation (uncountable)
- Lack of occupation (being busy); lack of something to do.
- 1826, [Mary Shelley], chapter VII, in The Last Man. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 235:
- The whole strength of Evadne's mind was exerted to support the failing spirits of her husband. Loss of property, hopelessness as to his future prospects, the inoccupation to which poverty condemned him, combined to reduce him to a state bordering on insanity.
- 1889, Edith Wharton, A Journey:
- The hours dragged on in a dreary inoccupation. Towards dusk she sat down beside him and he laid his hand on hers. The touch startled her. He seemed to be calling her from far off. She looked at him helplessly and his smile went through her like a physical pang.
References
edit- “inoccupation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French
editPronunciation
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Noun
editinoccupation f (plural inoccupations)
Further reading
edit- “inoccupation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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