idleness

Idleness, n.

Etymology: [AS. idelnes.]

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

Syn. -- Inaction; indolence; sluggishness; sloth.

Shades of meaning

Fernald lists idleness only as an antonym, under exercise, industry, work.

He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.

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