Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

have no business

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.47 in modern English

Syllables: have no busi-ness
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To not have a right or privilege to do something.

verb

To not have a right or privilege to be in a certain place.

Example Sentences

"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."
"'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."

Inflected Forms

has no business (present, singular) having no business (participle, present) had no business (participle, past) had no business (past)

Questions

What does have no business mean?: To not have a right or privilege to do something.

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