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- Dictionaryidleness/ˈʌɪdlnəs/
noun
- 1. laziness; indolence: "he was punished for his idleness at school" Similar Opposite
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Idleness is the state of not working or being used, or of being lazy and not willing to work. Learn more about the meaning, pronunciation, and translations of idleness with Cambridge Dictionary.
- English (US)
IDLENESS meaning: 1. the state of not working or being used:...
- Idleness: Italian Translation
idleness translate: ozio, inutilità, ozio, pigrizia. Learn...
- Idleness: Vietnamese Translation
IDLENESS translate: sự lười nhác. Learn more in the...
- Idleness: Norwegian Translation
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- Idleness: French Translation
idleness translate: inactivité [feminine], paresse...
- Idleness: Ukrainian Translation
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- Idleness: Polish Translation
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- Idleness: Catalan Translation
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- English (US)
Idle can be an adjective meaning not occupied or employed, or a verb meaning to run at low power or to spend time doing nothing. See synonyms, examples, word history, and related phrases for idle.
Idleness definition: the quality, state, or condition of being lazy, inactive, or idle. See examples of IDLENESS used in a sentence.
Idleness is the state of being inactive, lazy, or unproductive. Find out the origin, usage, and related words of idleness, such as idle, honky-tonk, and boondoggle.
Idleness is a characteristic of being inactive. Your idleness over the summer means you really didn't do much — besides snoozing in a hammock and sipping lemonade.
the fact of not having work or of not being in use. After a period of enforced idleness, she found a new job. Check pronunciation: idleness. Definition of idleness noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Idleness is a lack of motion or energy. In describing a person, idle suggests having no labor: "idly passing the day". In physics, an idle machine exerts no transfer of energy. When a vehicle is not in motion, an idling engine does no useful thermodynamic work.
