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| Main Entry: |
loafing
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | doing nothing useful |
| Synonyms: | dallying, futile, idle, lazy, rambling, worthless |
| Main Entry: | lazy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | inactive, sluggish |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, asleep on the job, careless, comatose, dallying, dilatory, drowsy, dull, flagging, idle, inattentive, indifferent, indolent, inert, lackadaisical, laggard, lagging, languid, languorous, lethargic, lifeless, loafing, neglectful, out of it, passive, procrastinating, remiss, shiftless, slack, sleepy, slothful, slow, slow-moving, snoozy, somnolent, supine, tardy, tired, torpid, trifling, unconcerned, unenergetic, unindustrious, unpersevering, unready, weary |
| Antonyms: | active, diligent, energetic, hard-working, industrious, lively |
| Main Entry: | shiftless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lazy |
| Synonyms: | apathetic, dallying, directionless, good-for-nothing, idle, inattentive, incompetent, indolent, lackadaisical, laggard, lagging, lethargic, lifeless, loafing, procrastinating, slack, slothful, unambitious, unenergetic, unindustrious, unmotivated |
| Main Entry: | slothful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lazy |
| Synonyms: | comatose, dallying, dull, idle, inactive, inattentive, indolent, inert, lackadaisical, laggard, lagging, languid, lethargic, lifeless, listless, loafing, passive, procrastinating, slack, slow, sluggish, snoozy, supine, tired, unenergetic |
| Main Entry: | unemployed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without a job |
| Synonyms: | at liberty, between jobs, closed down, disengaged, down, fired, free, idle, inactive, jobless, laid off, leisured, loafing, on layoff, on the bench, on the dole, on the shelf, out of a job, out of action, out of work, resting, unapplied, underemployed, unengaged, unexercised, unoccupied, unused, without gainful employment, workless |
| Antonyms: | employed, occupied |
| Main Entry: | idling |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lounging |
| Synonyms: | drifting, loafing, lolling, resting |
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