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单词 idleness
释义
idleness
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WORD FAMILY
idleness: idlenesses+/idle: idled, idlely, idleness, idler, idles, idlest, idling, idly/idler: idlers/idling: idlings
USAGE EXAMPLES
Now, at age 58, it's difficult to keep up any fitness routine for more than a few months, due to pain . . . and idleness!
New York Times(Oct 18, 2016)
In postwar Europe, the impracticality of the twin restrictions of corseted waist and full skirt indicated wealth and idleness.
New York Times(Nov 25, 2016)
Conversely, nothing destroys dignity more than idleness and a sense of superfluousness—the feeling that one is simply not needed.
Wall Street Journal(Nov 09, 2016)
1
1n the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work
Syn|Hyper
faineance
indolence, laziness
inactivity resulting from a dislike of work
2n having no employment
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
idling, loafing
dolce far niente
carefree idleness
inactivity
being inactive; being less active
2
n the quality of lacking substance or value
Syn|Hyper
groundlessness
ineptitude, worthlessness
having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful
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