inoccupationn.
/ɪnɒkjuːˈpeɪʃən/ Want of occupation; unoccupied condition.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > idleness, lack of occupation or activity > [noun]
idlea1000
idlenessc1000
emptinessOE
idlelaikc1175
idleheada1325
idleship1357
otiosity1483
idlehoodc1540
idleteth1584
idleset1591
fallownessa1594
vacantry1598
vacancy1615
lurgy1769
inanity1782
inoccupation1783
vacuity1817
1783 W. Thomson in R. Watson & W. Thomson Hist. Reign Philip III vi. 450 The languor of inoccupation..the great curse of human life.
1841 H. Smith Moneyed Man III. vi. 154 Aweary..of the inoccupation which allowed my melancholy thoughts to prey upon themselves.
1883 ‘Holme Lee’ Loving & Serving II. ii. 26 Total inoccupation was very hard upon him.
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