idleness

Example Sentences

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The internet poses risks beyond idleness and harm to mental health.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

Multiple residents warned of "idleness" among the youth, who face high unemployment.

From Barron's • Nov. 12, 2025

Now under state ownership, productivity is low compared to competitors both in the UK and abroad, not due to idleness but because workers don't have the equipment they need to do their job efficiently.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2025

What better to do in the heat and idleness of summer than find love, and maybe yourself, too?

From New York Times • May 24, 2023

Other boys—friends of his—would look up from their work, envy his idleness.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes