tradelessとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

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 または 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.