briefless
adjective
having no brief.
brieflessness
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a word derived from
briefless.
Example Sentences
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The barrister's brief is marked with the price of his legal knowledge, of his eloquence, or of his brave endurance during a period of hope-deferred brieflessness.
From How to Succeed or, Stepping-Stones to Fame and Fortune by Orison Swett Marden
There he found Dr. Wycherley and two gentlemen; one was an ex-physician, the other an ex-barrister, who had consented to resign feelessness and brieflessness for a snug L. 1500 a year at Whitehall.
From Hard Cash by Charles Reade
