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English Dictionary: idleness by the DICT Development Group
2 results for idleness
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
idleness
n
  1. having no employment
    Synonym(s): idleness, idling, loafing
  2. the quality of lacking substance or value; "the groundlessness of their report was quickly recognized"
    Synonym(s): groundlessness, idleness
  3. the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work
    Synonym(s): faineance, idleness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Idleness \I"dle*ness\, n. [AS. [c6]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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