leisured

[lee-zherd, lezh-erd]

adjective

1. having leisure.

   the leisured classes.

2. characterized by leisure; leisurely; unhurried.

   the leisured manner of his walk.

ˈleisured

/ ˈlɛʒəd /

adjective

1. (usually prenominal) having much leisure, as through unearned wealth

   the leisured classes

2. unhurried or relaxed

   in a leisured manner

Other Word Forms

• unleisured adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of ˈleisured¹

First recorded in 1625–35; leisure + -ed ³

Example Sentences

Instead Jaeger lays bear the spiritual ennui of a leisured civilization without real purpose.

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“We did this pause and were waking at nine in the morning to take leisured walks.”

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Studies over the years have indicated that the rich, unlike the leisured gentry of old, tend to work longer hours and spend less time socializing.

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For their part, the leisured gents asserted their superiority by making a public show of their leisure or, as Veblen put it, their “conspicuous abstention from labour.”

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I found it quite interesting: you’ve got the leisured classes who have become ineffectual and the downtrodden working classes.

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Related Words

• idle 
• inactive 
• jobless 
• underemployed