Sooner or later, you will regret your idleness.
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Idleness
//ˈaɪdəlnəs//
Synonyms for "idleness" (123 found)
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much ado about nothingneutralismneutralityneutralnessnoninvolvementnonparticipationnonresistancenonviolencenonviolent resistancenugacityotiositypacifismparalysispassive resistancepassive self-annihilationpassivenesspassivismpassivitypokinesspolicy
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3 entriescapable of
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2 entriesderived from
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7 entriesTranslations
74 translations across 28 languages.
Azerbaijani
2 entries- avaraçılıq noun (state of being indolent)
- bekarçılıq noun (state of being indolent)
Bulgarian
2 entries- бездействие noun (state of being idle; inactivity)
- безделие noun (state of being indolent)
Catalan
2 entries- inactivitat noun (state of being idle; inactivity)
- indolència noun (state of being indolent)
Czech
1 entries- zahálka noun (state of being idle; inactivity)
Dutch
1 entries- ledigheid noun (state of being idle; inactivity)
Finnish
4 entries- joutilaisuus noun (state of being idle; inactivity)
- turhuus noun (groundlessness; worthlessness; triviality)
- velttous noun (state of being indolent)
- vetelyys noun (state of being indolent)
French
4 entries- futilité noun (groundlessness; worthlessness; triviality)
- inactivité noun (state of being idle; inactivity)
- indolence noun (state of being indolent)
- inutilité noun (groundlessness; worthlessness; triviality)
Galician
2 entries- inactividade noun (state of being idle; inactivity)
- indolencia noun (state of being indolent)
Georgian
3 entries- უმაქნისობა noun (state of being idle; inactivity)
- უსაქმურობა noun (state of being idle; inactivity)
- უქნარობა noun (state of being idle; inactivity)
German
4 entries- Arbeitsunwilligkeit noun (state of being indolent)
- Faulheit noun (state of being indolent)
- Indolenz noun (state of being indolent)
- Müßiggang noun (state of being idle; inactivity)
Gothic
2 entries- 𐌻𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹 noun (state of being idle; inactivity)
- 𐌻𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹 noun (state of being indolent)
Hindi
1 entries- निष्क्रियता noun (state of being idle; inactivity)
Irish
2 entries- díomhaointeas noun (state of being idle; inactivity)
- leisce noun (state of being indolent)
Italian
4 entries- indolenza noun (state of being indolent)
- inutilità noun (groundlessness; worthlessness; triviality)
- ozio noun (state of being idle; inactivity)
- oziosità noun (state of being indolent)
Korean
1 entries- 한가 noun (state of being idle; inactivity)
Latin
2 entries- dēsidia noun (state of being indolent)
- ōtium noun (state of being idle; inactivity)
Middle English
4 entries- ydelnesse noun (state of being idle; inactivity)
- ydelnesse noun (state of being indolent)
- ydelnesse noun (groundlessness; worthlessness; triviality)
- ydelschipe noun (state of being idle; inactivity)
Ottoman Turkish
3 entries- تنبللك noun (state of being indolent)
- كسل noun (state of being indolent)
- هایلازلق noun (state of being indolent)
Polish
1 entries- bezczynność noun (state of being idle; inactivity)
Portuguese
3 entries- inatividade noun (state of being idle; inactivity)
- indolência noun (state of being indolent)
- ócio noun (state of being idle; inactivity)
Russian
4 entries- безде́лье noun (state of being idle; inactivity)
- бесплодность noun (groundlessness; worthlessness; triviality)
- бесполезность noun (groundlessness; worthlessness; triviality)
- леность noun (state of being indolent)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- dokolica noun (state of being idle; inactivity)
Spanish
3 entries- holganza noun (state of being idle; inactivity)
- inactividad noun (state of being idle; inactivity)
- indolencia noun (state of being indolent)
Swedish
1 entries- sysslolöshet noun (state of being idle; inactivity)
Tocharian B
1 entries- ālasäññe noun (state of being idle; inactivity)
Uyghur
1 entries- بىكارچىلىق noun (state of being indolent)
Volapük
2 entries- nosdun noun (state of being idle; inactivity)
- trög noun (state of being indolent)
Welsh
1 entries- segurdod noun (state of being idle; inactivity)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
Work is preferable to idleness.
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That is a mere excuse for idleness.
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The failure is due to his idleness.
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