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Disoccupation

Disoccupation \Dis*oc`cu*pa"tion\, n. The state of being unemployed; want of occupation. [R.]

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disoccupation

n. The state of being unemployed; lack of occupation.

Usage examples of "disoccupation".

The boy on the stairs, who was to fence him from importunate visitors, led a life of luxurious disoccupation, and whistled almost uninterruptedly.

There was that, in fact, in the awe of the time and an involuntary disoccupation of hers that threw them together even more constantly than before.

It had the same feel as Cordelia's own room in her mother's apartment, of frequent and prolonged disoccupation, with archeological layers of past passions stuffed into drawers and closets.

It had the same feel as Cordelia’s own room in her mother’s apartment, of frequent and prolonged disoccupation, with archeological layers of past passions stuffed into drawers and closets.