idleness (n.)

  1. having no employment

    [ Syn: idling , loafing ]

  2. the quality of lacking substance or value; the groundlessness of their report was quickly recognized

    [ Syn: groundlessness ]

  3. the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work

    [ Syn: faineance ]

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