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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