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
But the briefless young lawyer in the napless hat and thread-bare coat never 34accepted one of these invitations, for the very simple reason that he had no evening dress in which to appear.
From Cruel As The Grave by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte
But Mr. Anderson would have none of the briefless youth; his prosperity had fed his pride—a lawyer without a case was not a fit match for his daughter.
From The Candidate A Political Romance by Altsheler, Joseph A. (Joseph Alexander)
A briefless young lawyer, with a long list of impoverished brothers and sisters, aunts, uncles, and cousins!
From Cruel As The Grave by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte
I believe they thought me too fast, and Tom too much of a genius: and, therefore, both of us were left among the ranks of the briefless army of the stove.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847 by Various
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