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German
Etymology
Brot (“bread”) + -los (“-less”)
Pronunciation
Adjective
brotlos (strong nominative masculine singular brotloser, comparative brotloser, superlative am brotlosesten)
- (literally) breadless
- (figurative) inviable, unsustainable, unable to sustain oneself
- brotlose Kunst ― unprofitable craft
1848, Friedrich Engels, Die Lage der arbeitenden Klasse in England [The Condition of the Working Class in England], page 168:Diese Vermehrung der Spindelzahl an der Mule ist aber so bedeutend, daß dadurch ganze Schaaren von Arbeitern brotlos geworden sind; […]- But this increase in the number of spindles at the mule is so significant that it has left whole hosts of workers without a livelihood;
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