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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 |
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| 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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