单词 | unleisured |
释义 | unleisuredadj. Having no leisure; busy, occupied with work. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [adjective] > fully or constantly > having no leisure leisureless1536 unleisureda1586 vacationless1891 a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xxv. sig. Ee6 But her vnleasured thoughtes ran not ouer the ten first wordes. 1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 21 Unlesse he carry all his considerat diligence..to the hasty view of an unleasur'd licencer. 1839 ‘A. M.’ Challenge to Phrenol. ii. 112 The respect, admiration, and envy, of the unleisured class. 1870 People's Mag. Aug. 98/1 Our lives are commonly too hurried, too unleisured. 1907 T. G. Tucker Life in Anc. Athens vi. 67 We shall speak of the unleisured Athenian—the artisan or dealer. 1962 D. Knowles Evol. Medieval Thought v. 66 The Christian Church in the west was for long recruited principally from the lower, unleisured strata of society. 2003 Adweek (U.S.) (Nexis) 17 Nov. If people feel unleisured, it's partly because they now have so many options competing for their finite free time. Derivatives unˈleisuredness n. rare ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > [noun] > business claiming attention > busyness or want of leisure negotiousness1642 unleisuredness1661 negotiosity1678 employednessa1691 pressure1812 1661 R. Boyle Some Considerations Style Script. To Rdr. The Unleisurednesse, and Rellish of the Unsetl'dnesse of the Wandering Author. 2006 P. McShane Lack in Beingstalk 6 I do not know you, of course, or..your yoked unleisuredness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1586 |
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