According to WorldAtlas, Canada is the only non-European country to make its top ten list of coffee consumers. The United States at a distant 25 on the list.
LEISURED
leisured
(adjective) free from duties or responsibilities; “he writes in his leisure hours”; “life as it ought to be for the leisure classes”- J.J.Chapman; “even the artist and the sculptor were not regarded...as leisured men”- Ida Craven
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
leisured (comparative more leisured, superlative most leisured)
Having leisure time.
Leisurely, filled with leisure.
Source: Wiktionary
Lei"sured, a.
Definition: Having leisure. "The leisured classes." Gladstone.
LEISURE
Lei"sure n. Etym: [OE. leisere, leiser, OF.leisir, F. loisir, orig., permission, fr. L. licere to be permitted. See License.]
1. Freedom from occupation or business; vacant time; time free from employment. The desire of leisure is much more natural than of business and care. Sir W. Temple.
2. Time at one's command, free from engagement; convenient opportunity; hence, convenience; ease. He sighed, and had no leisure more to say. Dryden. At leisure. (a) Free from occupation; not busy. (b) In a leisurely manner; at a convenient time.
Lei"sure, a.
Definition: Unemployed; as, leisure hours.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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