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idleness
noun as in laziness, inaction
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Example Sentences
De Bascher was the opposite, a dandy who enjoyed dissolute idleness with an elegant insouciance.
They contend that the women in Cassatt’s paintings could only be accused of idleness by people who are ignorant about the wearying demands of child care and housekeeping.
Save for a throwaway comment Jada makes about Michael and Jacob coming from money, “Zoomers” acts as if the wealth needed to afford all of this idleness and self-therapizing is a given for young people.
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., for instance, has been out there complaining about "more and more men are withdrawing into the enclave of idleness and pornography and video games."
"Most of the young people who have come are unemployed. Getting registered is a blessing for us given the idleness and lack of work," he said.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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