tradeless

English

Etymology

trade +‎ -less

Adjective

tradeless (not comparable)

1. Without trade.

   Synonyms: commerceless, nontrading

   • 1757, John H. Grose, A voyage to the East-Indies: with observations on various parts there:

     In even the unimproved, and tradeless condition of that island, under the Portuguese government, its revenue was, upon a tolerably just estimate, computed at near five lacks of rupees, or sixty thousand pounds sterling per annum...

2. Without a trade (occupation or line of work).
   • 1855, Pennsylvania Prison Society, The Journal of prison discipline and philanthropy, Volume 10:

     Idle and tradeless youth and men, who are without an honest occupation, or any visible means of support, must be regarded as another, and not an inconsiderable class of our criminal population.

Translations

lacking a trade (occupation)

• Greek: ανεπάγγελτος (el) (anepángeltos)

Anagrams

• desalters, treadless