briefless
Americanadjective
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having no brief.
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having no clients, as a lawyer.
adjective
Other Word Forms
- brieflessly adverb
- brieflessness noun
Etymology
Origin of briefless
Example Sentences
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A briefless barrister was spending his time at the Courts when his clerk came to him with the news that a man was at his chambers with a brief.
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"Better be a successful attorney, madam, than a briefless barrister," he observed, when she finished.
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The broken merchant, the ambitious weaver, the briefless lawyer, the literary tailor are speedily sunk, in “we,” and “our sheet,” and “our columns,” and “our-self.”
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In London you certainly were a briefless barrister.
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Then, as distinctly as if the words were uttered in his ear, he heard one of the briefless whisper— “He has lost his nerve.”
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