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单词 idleness
释义
(noun) 
Idleness is a very bad thing for human nature.
Synonyms
inactivity
The players have comparatively long periods of inactivity.
unemployment
leisure
inaction
She is bitter about the inaction of the other political parties.
time on your hands
(noun) 
Idleness and incompetence are not inbred in our workers.
Synonyms
loafing
inertia
I resented her inertia and lack of self direction.
sloth
I judged him guilty of sloth.
pottering
trifling
laziness
Current employment laws will be changed to reward effort and punish laziness.
time-wasting
lazing
torpor
The sick person gradually falls into a torpor.
sluggishness
a medical condition which causes sluggishness and bad breath
skiving (British, slang)
vegetating
dilly-dallying (informal)
shiftlessness

Additional synonyms

in the sense of inaction
Definition
lack of action
She is bitter about the inaction of the other political parties.
Synonyms
inactivity,
inertia,
idleness,
immobility,
torpor,
dormancy,
torpidity
in the sense of inertia
Definition
a feeling of unwillingness to do anything
I resented her inertia and lack of self direction.
Synonyms
inactivity,
apathy,
lethargy,
passivity,
stillness,
laziness,
sloth,
idleness,
stupor,
drowsiness,
dullness,
immobility,
torpor,
sluggishness,
indolence,
lassitude,
languor,
listlessness,
deadness,
unresponsiveness,
disinclination to move
in the sense of laziness
Current employment laws will be changed to reward effort and punish laziness.
Synonyms
idleness,
negligence,
inactivity,
slowness,
sloth,
sluggishness,
slackness,
indolence,
tardiness,
dilatoriness,
slothfulness,
do-nothingness,
faineance

Nearby words of
idleness

  • idiot
  • idiotic
  • idle
  • idleness
  • idler
  • idling
  • idly

Synonyms of 'idleness'

idleness

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