idleness

Noun

Meaning

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

Source: Webster's dictionary

inaction sloth indolence loafing sluggishness faineance idling lena rest ease inertia relaxation negligence dormancy inactivity

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idlehood idledom idleship

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Work is no disgrace: it is idleness which is a disgrace. Hesiod

Idleness is only the refuge of weak minds. Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield

Idleness is the beginning of all vice, the crown of all virtues. Franz Kafka

Fighting is better than idleness. Kurdish Proverb

Virtue never goes far without the company of idleness. Jamaican Proverb

Beauty is the sister of idleness and the mother of luxury. Russian Proverb

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