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idler

idler - noun

  1. A self-indulgent person who spends time avoiding work or other useful activity: bum, drone, fainéant, good-for-nothing, layabout, loafer, ne'er-do-well, no-good, slugabed, sluggard, wastrel. Informal do-little, do-nothing, lazybones, slug. Slang slouch. See industrious.
idle

idle - adjective

  1. Marked by a lack of action or activity: inactive, inert, inoperative. See action.
  2. Resistant to exertion and activity: fainéant, indolent, lazy, shiftless, slothful, sluggard, sluggish. Informal do-nothing. See action. industrious.
  3. Not occupied or put to use: inactive, unemployed, unused, vacant. See used.
  4. Lacking value, use, or substance: empty, hollow, otiose, vacant, vain. See full.
  5. Having no basis or foundation in fact: baseless, bottomless, groundless, unfounded, unwarranted. See true.

idle - verb

  1. To pass time without working or in avoiding work: bum(around), laze, loaf, loiter, lounge, shirk. Slang diddle, goldbrick, goof(off). See industrious.
  2. To pass (time) without working or in avoiding work. dawdle(away), fiddle away, kill, trifle away, waste, while(away), wile(away). See industrious.
  3. To cause to cease regular activity: immobilize, stop, tie up. See continue.