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Dutch
Etymology
From werk + -e- + -loos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʋɛr.kəˌloːs/
- Hyphenation: wer‧ke‧loos
Adjective
werkeloos (not comparable)
- having nothing to do, doing nothing; idle, workless
- werkeloos toezien — to watch idly (doing nothing to help)
- workless, jobless, unemployed
1770 August 6, “Groot - Brittanien”, in Leydse Maandagſche Courant, number 94, page 1:Veele Scheeps - Timmerlieden , die werkeloos waren , zyn bereids in dienſt genoomen , ...- Many ship carpenters who were unemployed have already been taken into service, ...
Usage notes
In recent years, some writers have started to make a distinction between the alternative forms werkloos and werkeloos, reserving the former for the sense “unemployed” and the latter for the sense “idle”. This distinction has no historical basis.[1]
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