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type | a |
lex_filenum | 00 |
def | not in action or at work |
examples | an idle laborer idle drifters the idle rich an idle mind |
Outgoing links | |
Also see | ineffective, uneffective, ineffectual; unemployed |
Derivationally related form | idle → idleness |
Antonym | idle → busy |
Similar to | bone-idle, bone-lazy; faineant, indolent, lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shy; lackadaisical; leisured; unengaged |
Incoming links | |
Antonym | busy → idle |
Similar to | bone-idle, bone-lazy; faineant, indolent, lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shy; lackadaisical; leisured; unengaged |
Also see | ineffective, uneffective, ineffectual; unemployed |
Derived from adjective | idly → idle |
Derivationally related form | idleness → idle |
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