Antonyms for leisured


Grammar : Adj
Spell : lee-zherd, lezh-erd
Phonetic Transcription : ˈli ʒərd, ˈlɛʒ ərd


Definition of leisured

  • As in unemployed : adj without a job
Example sentences :
  • Now savages, as a rule, are all in the "leisured class," all sportsmen.
  • Extract from : « Myth, Ritual, and Religion, Vol. 1 » by Andrew Lang
  • All must go together, to be sorted with leisured care subsequently.
  • Extract from : « The King of Diamonds » by Louis Tracy
  • Hither fled the timid for safety, and the leisured for learning.
  • Extract from : « Romantic Ireland; volume 2/2 » by M.F and B. McM. Mansfield
  • My heart took on the gigantic, leisured stride of what had been.
  • Extract from : « Incredible Adventures » by Algernon Blackwood
  • Instead, I am supposed to belong to the leisured classes, and never have a moment.
  • Extract from : « The House of Defence v. 1 » by E. F. Benson
  • And I'm a leisured dilettante compared to most of the others.
  • Extract from : « King--of the Khyber Rifles » by Talbot Mundy
  • For, whether it be hot or cold, work has to be done by all save the leisured classes.
  • Extract from : « The Gay Adventure » by Richard Bird
  • Fortunately, however, it is not the leisured and the cultured who have to pay.
  • Extract from : « Crome Yellow » by Aldous Huxley
  • Nails were worn long by members of the literary and leisured classes.
  • Extract from : « Myths and Legends of China » by E. T. C. Werner
  • In the leisured classes there is often no real family life at all.
  • Extract from : « Getting Married » by George Bernard Shaw

Synonyms for leisured

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