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Meaning of idleness | Babel Free

Noun feminine CEFR C2 Specialized

ˈaɪdəlnəs

Definitions

Laziness, idleness.
The state of being idle; inactivity.
countable, uncountable
The state of being indolent; indolence.
countable, uncountable
Groundlessness; worthlessness; triviality; vanity; frivolity.
countable, uncountable

Equivalents

العربية التسيّب

Azərbaycanca bekarçılıq

Български бездействие

Català inactivitat

Čeština zahálka

Cymraeg segurdod

Deutsch Arbeitsunwilligkeit Faulheit Indolenz Müßiggang Nutzlosigkeit Stillstand Trägheit Untätigkeit

Español holganza holgazanería inactividad indolencia

Suomi joutilaisuus turhuus velttous vetelyys

Français futilité inactivité indolence inutilité oisiveté trivialité

Gaeilge díomhaointeas leisce

Galego inactividade

हिन्दी निष्क्रियता

Italiano indolenza inutilità ozio oziosità pigrizia

ქართული უსაქმურობა

한국어 한가

Latina dēsidia otium

Nederlands ledigheid

Polski bezczynność

Português inatividade indolência ócio

Русский безделье беспло́дность бесполезность леность праздность простой

Svenska sysslolöshet

Examples

“For either they be puffed vp vvith pride, / Or fraught vvith enuie that their galls do ſvvell, / Or they their dayes to ydleneſſe diuide, / Or drovvnded lie in pleaſures vvaſtefull vvell, / In vvhich like Moldvvarps [i.e., moles] nouſling ſtill they lurke, / Vnmyndfull of chiefe parts of manlineſſe, / And do themſelues for vvant of other vvorke, / Vaine votaries of laeſie loue profeſſe, […]”

CEFR level

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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