Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
JOBLESS
idle, jobless, out of work
(adjective) not having a job; “idle carpenters”; “jobless transients”; “many people in the area were out of work”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
jobless
Lacking employment.
Synonyms
• unemployed
Noun
jobless pl (plural only)
People who have no jobs.
Source: Wiktionary
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DESIRABLE
(adjective) worth having or seeking or achieving; “a desirable job”; “computer with many desirable features”; “a desirable outcome”
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