pensionlessadj.
/ˈpɛnʃnləs/, U.S. /ˈpɛnʃ(ə)nləs/ Left without a pension, lacking a pension; unpensioned.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > grants and allowances > [adjective] > pension > without or not awarding
pensionless1832
unpensioning1853
1832 Examiner 834/2 Pensionless and placeless aristocrats.
1881 S. Lane-Poole in Macmillan's Mag. 44 221/1 The pensionless discharged soldier.
1922 Times 19 Dec. 11/6 The husband, an ex-Service man, is paralysed and pensionless.
1969 Guardian 22 Oct. 10/6 If your husband dies before you are 50, and you have no children, you are thrown pensionless into a hard world.
2003 Daily Tel. 30 Jan. 27/5 As a horn player in the pit for 32 years, I retired (pensionless) with only a glass of Spumanti and a bag of crisps.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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