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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

have no business en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To not have a right or privilege to do something.
    • We take this step not because this Court's criminal procedure rulings are somehow unimportant.... Instead, we abandon Teagues test because it poses a question this Court has no business' asking. 2021, Edwards v. Vannoy (U.S. Supreme Court No. 19–5807), Justice Gorsuch concurring
  2. To not have a right or privilege to be in a certain place.
    • 'You have no business being here. You need to go back to the office and sign in. Go down this hall,' he said, pointing, 'and turn right, down the stairs, and then right again.' He ushered her out the door. 2014, Connie Willis, Passage:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
having no business Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
has no business Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
had no business Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
had no business Tense=Past lexicographic