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Idleness Common

Origin: Germanic Old English suffix

Idleness has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

having no employment

2

the quality of lacking substance or value

"the groundlessness of their report was quickly recognized"

3

the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work

4

The state of being idle; inactivity.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
inactivity worthlessness indolence
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
dolce far niente
Rhyming Words
ess 1ess ress ness tess hess kess wess jess fess yess sess less bess cess mess guess 1aess gless cress
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