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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After a brief and briefless stab at the law in Manhattan, his Transcript record got him a job with Edward Bok for a spirited, 18-month campaign against quack patent medicines in the Ladies' Home Journal.
From Time Magazine Archive
I expected to struggle for years with the genteel misery of a briefless barrister, but the thought dismayed me not.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 16 by Various
We must never in England form a false estimate of the French Canadian, because a few briefless lawyers or saddle-bag medical men urged them into rebellion.
From Canada and the Canadians Volume I by Bonnycastle, Richard Henry
Then, as distinctly as if the words were uttered in his ear, he heard one of the briefless whisper— “He has lost his nerve.”
From Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family by Fenn, George Manville
Where the devil did you get up such a rabble of briefless barristers, ungowned attorneys, dissenting ministers, and illegitimate sons?
From The Knight Of Gwynne, Vol. II (of II) by Lever, Charles James
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