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Idleness

Idleness Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Idleness? [n] having no employment [n] the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work Synonyms \| Synonyms for Idleness: faineance \| idling \| loafing Related Terms \| Find terms related to Idleness: a wise passiveness \| big deal \| cautiousness \| circumspection \| contemplation \| contemplative life \| creeping \| dawdling \| deliberateness \| deliberation \| dolce far niente \| do-nothing policy \| do-nothingism \| do-nothingness \| dormancy \| drawl \| emptiness \| flimsiness \| foolishness \| foot-dragging \| frivolity \| frivolousness \| futility \| idle hands \| idle hours \| immobility \| inaction \| inactivity \| inanity \| indolence \| inertia \| inertness \| inoccupation \| laissez-aller \| laissez-faire \| laissez-faireism \| languor \| lassitude \| laze \| laziness \| lazing \| leisureliness \| lentitude \| lentor \| lethargy \| levity \| lightness \| loafing \| lollygagging \| malingering \| meditation \| neutralism \| neutrality \| neutralness \| noninvolvement \| nonparticipation \| nonresistance \| nonviolence \| nonviolent resistance \| nugacity \| otiosity \| pacifism \| paralysis \| passive resistance \| passive self-annihilation \| passiveness \| passivism \| passivity \| pokiness \| policy \| procrastination \| quiescence \| quietism \| reluctance \| shallowness \| shiftlessness \| shilly-shallying \| shirking \| silliness \| slackness \| slenderness \| slightness \| sloth \| slothfulness \| slouch \| slowness \| sluggardy \| sluggishness \| stagnancy \| stagnation \| standpattism \| stasis \| superficiality \| tentativeness \| torpor \| triflingness \| triteness \| triviality \| trivialness \| unemployment \| vacuity \| vanity \| vapidity \| vegetation \| vita contemplativa \| waiting game \| watching and waiting See Also \| dolce far niente \| inactivity \| indolence \| laziness Idleness In Webster's Dictionary \I"dle*ness\, n. [AS. [=i]delnes.] The condition or quality of being idle (in the various senses of that word); uselessness; fruitlessness; triviality; inactivity; laziness. Syn: Inaction; indolence; sluggishness; sloth.

Idleness Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Idleness?

[n] having no employment
[n] the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work

Synonyms | Synonyms for Idleness: faineance | idling | loafing

See Also | dolce far niente | inactivity | indolence | laziness

Idleness In Webster's Dictionary

\I"dle*ness\, n. [AS. [=i]delnes.]
The condition or quality of being idle (in the various senses
of that word); uselessness; fruitlessness; triviality;
inactivity; laziness.

Syn: Inaction; indolence; sluggishness; sloth.

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