labourlesslaborlessadj.

Brit.

/ˈleɪbələs/, U.S.

/ˈleɪbərləs/

Forms: see labour n. and -less suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: labour n., -less suffix.

Etymology: < labour n. + -less suffix.

1. Without labour; characterized by the absence of labour; requiring no labour.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > easiness > [adjective] > doing effortlessly

labourless1576

unlabouring1791

effortless1831

society > occupation and work > lack of work > [adjective] > not working or unemployed

servicelessc1450

unlabouredc1450

masterless1471

unwrought1550

unplaced1558

labourless1576

flag-fallen1609

unlabouring1619

disemployed1651

hireless1651

unengaged1654

unemployed1667

unworking1696

untoiling1748

workless1758

occupationless1822

placeless1828

out of work1833

non-working1841

unhired1852

jobless1862

out of (or in) collar1862

non-employed1876

spare1919

on the beach1923

in dry dock1927

off-the-job1950

on (also upon) the street(s)1980

unwaged1981

society > occupation and work > lack of work > [adjective]

out of work1833

labourless1845

unemployed1854

out-of-employment1898

1576 G. Pettie Petite Pallace 207 I thinke good, you leaue this labourlesse life, and to enter into the worlde, and take a wife, whereby you may beecome a profitable and fruitfull member of your country.

1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 100 There (labour-les) mounts the victorious Palm.

1675 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Odysses xviii. 225 I doubt thou ne'r wilt labour any more, But rather feed thy carcass labourless.

1845 Times 3 Feb. 3/6 It obliges them to walk four, five, even six miles of a morning to their work in some cottageless and labourless parish.

1880 Ld. Tennyson Voy. Maeldune viii, in Ballads & Other Poems 150 Bread enough for his need till the labourless day dipt under the West.

1888 J. Rhys Lect. Origin & Growth Relig. illustr. by Celtic Heathendom 643 A fabled age of..labourless plenty and social equality.

1956 N. Brother Men & Gardens vii. 199 He might be talking directly to our labourless age.

2006 Miami Herald (Nexis) 4 Sept. b4 Labor Day, an official holiday in the United States, is laborless, just the way a couple of Irishmen named McGuire and Maguire intended.

†2. Of a task: requiring little or no effort. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > easiness > [adjective] > doing effortlessly > involving little effort

lightOE

easyc1380

softc1390

unpainful?c1425

unconstrained1541

toilless1606

facile1607

labourlessa1613

cheapa1616

unforced1642

unlaborious1644

slight1667

sweatless1893

pussyfoot1899

lite1929

light-touch1935

a1613 E. Brerewood Learned Treat. Sabaoth (1630) 48 In forbidding of worke,..they intend not your precise abstinence from any light and labourlesse worke.

1631 R. Byfield Doctr. Sabbath Vindicated 109 Such light and labourlesse workes were no transgressions.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	labourless
释义	labourlesslaborlessadj. Brit. /ˈleɪbələs/, U.S. /ˈleɪbərləs/ Forms: see labour n. and -less suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: labour n., -less suffix. Etymology: < labour n. + -less suffix. 1. Without labour; characterized by the absence of labour; requiring no labour. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > [adjective] > doing effortlessly labourless1576 unlabouring1791 effortless1831 society > occupation and work > lack of work > [adjective] > not working or unemployed servicelessc1450 unlabouredc1450 masterless1471 unwrought1550 unplaced1558 labourless1576 flag-fallen1609 unlabouring1619 disemployed1651 hireless1651 unengaged1654 unemployed1667 unworking1696 untoiling1748 workless1758 occupationless1822 placeless1828 out of work1833 non-working1841 unhired1852 jobless1862 out of (or in) collar1862 non-employed1876 spare1919 on the beach1923 in dry dock1927 off-the-job1950 on (also upon) the street(s)1980 unwaged1981 society > occupation and work > lack of work > [adjective] out of work1833 labourless1845 unemployed1854 out-of-employment1898 1576 G. Pettie Petite Pallace 207 I thinke good, you leaue this labourlesse life, and to enter into the worlde, and take a wife, whereby you may beecome a profitable and fruitfull member of your country. 1608 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iv. 100 There (labour-les) mounts the victorious Palm. 1675 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Odysses xviii. 225 I doubt thou ne'r wilt labour any more, But rather feed thy carcass labourless. 1845 Times 3 Feb. 3/6 It obliges them to walk four, five, even six miles of a morning to their work in some cottageless and labourless parish. 1880 Ld. Tennyson Voy. Maeldune viii, in Ballads & Other Poems 150 Bread enough for his need till the labourless day dipt under the West. 1888 J. Rhys Lect. Origin & Growth Relig. illustr. by Celtic Heathendom 643 A fabled age of..labourless plenty and social equality. 1956 N. Brother Men & Gardens vii. 199 He might be talking directly to our labourless age. 2006 Miami Herald (Nexis) 4 Sept. b4 Labor Day, an official holiday in the United States, is laborless, just the way a couple of Irishmen named McGuire and Maguire intended. †2. Of a task: requiring little or no effort. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > [adjective] > doing effortlessly > involving little effort lightOE easyc1380 softc1390 unpainful?c1425 unconstrained1541 toilless1606 facile1607 labourlessa1613 cheapa1616 unforced1642 unlaborious1644 slight1667 sweatless1893 pussyfoot1899 lite1929 light-touch1935 a1613 E. Brerewood Learned Treat. Sabaoth (1630) 48 In forbidding of worke,..they intend not your precise abstinence from any light and labourlesse worke. 1631 R. Byfield Doctr. Sabbath Vindicated 109 Such light and labourlesse workes were no transgressions. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1576
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