The hours dragged on in a dreary Inoccupation.
"The Greater Inclination"
Edith Wharton
Inoccupation was poison to him; travel juggled with his malady of restlessness; really, a compression of the warrior's natural forces.
"Lord Ormont and his Aminta, v4"
George Meredith Edition: 10 Language: English
The Covenant of the League of Nations, though in a diluted form, had at last taken shape, the Peace Machine had got a move on, and the Premier's spirited, if not very dignified, retaliation on the newspaper snipers led to an abatement of unnecessary hostilities, though the pastime of shooting policemen with comparative impunity still flourished in Ireland, and the numbers and cost of our "army of Inoccupation" still continued to increase.
"Mr. Punch's History of the Great War"
Punch