Idle: alternatives and connections

Doing nothing; shiftless.

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Doing nothing; shiftless.

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Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight; as, a frivolous argument.

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Of little weight or importance; not worth notice; slight; as, a frivolous argument.

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Not active; having no power to move; that does not or can not produce results; inert; as, matter is, of itself, inactive.

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Not active; having no power to move; that does not or can not produce results; inert; as, matter is, of itself, inactive.

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Free from toil, pain, or trouble.

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Free from toil, pain, or trouble.

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Nor responsible; not liable or able to answer fro consequences; innocent.

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Nor responsible; not liable or able to answer fro consequences; innocent.

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Affectedly pensive; languidly sentimental.

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Affectedly pensive; languidly sentimental.

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Disinclined to action or exertion; averse to labor; idle; shirking work.

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Disinclined to action or exertion; averse to labor; idle; shirking work.

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Having leisure.

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Having leisure.

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Being at leisure or ease; unemployed; indolent; idle.

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Being at leisure or ease; unemployed; indolent; idle.

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Addicted to sloth; inactive; sluggish; lazy; indolent; idle.

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Addicted to sloth; inactive; sluggish; lazy; indolent; idle.

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Not employed in manual or other labor; having no regular work.

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Not employed in manual or other labor; having no regular work.

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That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.

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The buttock.

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A vain fancy speculation; a reverie; a castle in the air; unfounded hope.

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Any thick lump, mass, or cake; especially, a large regularly shaped or molded mass, as of bread, sugar, or cake.

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To act lazily or indolently; to recline; to lean; to throw one's self down; to lie at ease.

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The celestial orb which revolves round the earth; the satellite of the earth; a secondary planet, whose light, borrowed from the sun, is reflected to…

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Doing nothing; inactive; idle; lazy; as, a do-nothing policy.

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Doing nothing; inactive; idle; lazy; as, a do-nothing policy.

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The condition or quality of being idle (in the various senses of that word); uselessness; fruitlessness; triviality; inactivity; laziness.

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The condition or quality of being idle (in the various senses of that word); uselessness; fruitlessness; triviality; inactivity; laziness.

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of Idle

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of Idle

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Not effective; ineffectual; futile; inefficient; useless; as, an ineffective appeal.

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Not effective; ineffectual; futile; inefficient; useless; as, an ineffective appeal.

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Not producing the proper effect; without effect; inefficient; weak; useless; futile; unavailing; as, an ineffectual attempt; an ineffectual expedient.

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Not producing the proper effect; without effect; inefficient; weak; useless; futile; unavailing; as, an ineffectual attempt; an ineffectual expedient.

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Not employed in manual or other labor; having no regular work.

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Not employed in manual or other labor; having no regular work.

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Without a base; having no foundation or support.

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Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to…

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Without ground or foundation; wanting cause or reason for support; not authorized; false; as, groundless fear; a groundless report or assertion.

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To be lazy or idle.

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That agent, force, or action in nature by the operation of which upon the organs of sight, objects are rendered visible or luminous.

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Unbound; untied; unsewed; not attached, fastened, fixed, or confined; as, the loose sheets of a book.

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A drone; a slow, lazy fellow; a sluggard.

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To cease to flow; to be motionless; as, blood stagnates in the veins of an animal; hence, to become impure or foul by want of motion; as, air stagnat…

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Not founded; not built or established.

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Not used; as, an unused book; an unused apartment.

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Not warranted; being without warrant, authority, or guaranty; unwarrantable.

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Living in a state of nature; inhabiting natural haunts, as the forest or open field; not familiar with, or not easily approached by, man; not tamed o…

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Engaged in some business; hard at work (either habitually or only for the time being); occupied with serious affairs; not idle nor at leisure; as, a…

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Engaged in some business; hard at work (either habitually or only for the time being); occupied with serious affairs; not idle nor at leisure; as, a…

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of Run

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of Run

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Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

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Exertion of strength or faculties; physical or intellectual effort directed to an end; industrial activity; toil; employment; sometimes, specifically…

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