brotlos
German
Etymology
Brot (“bread”) + -los (“-less”)
Adjektive
brotlos (comparative brotloser, superlative am brotlosesten)
- (literally) breadless
- (figuratively) inviable, unsustainable, unable to sustain oneself
- brotlose Kunst ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- 1848, Friedrich Engels, Die Lage der arbeitenden Klasse in England [The Condition of the Working Class in England], page 168:
- Diese Vermehrung der Spindelzahl an der Mule ist aber so bedeutend, daß dadurch ganze Schaaren[sic] von Arbeitern brotlos geworden sind; […]
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
Further reading
- brotlos in Duden online