Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Destitute of commerce.
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Examples
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In Paris, there are scarce two orders of beings more different: for the legislative and executive powers of the shop not resting in the husband, he seldom comes therein some dark and dismal room behind, he sits commerceless in his thrum nightcap, the same rough son of Nature that Nature left him.
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One town and another have been ostracized or destroyed, their wharfs left far inland or carried away to some commerceless bayou.
The French in the Heart of America John Finley 1901
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In the treacherous sunlight we see Venice decayed, forlorn, poverty-stricken, and commerceless -- forgotten and utterly insignificant.
The Innocents Abroad Mark Twain 1872
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In the treacherous sunlight we see Venice decayed, forlorn, poverty-stricken, and commerceless -- forgotten and utterly insignificant.
The Innocents Abroad — Volume 03 Mark Twain 1872
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