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The condition or quality of being idle (in the various senses of that word); uselessness; fruitlessness; triviality; inactivity; laziness.

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  1. n. The word/condition">condition or word/quality">quality of being idle (in the various senses of that word); uselessness; fruitlessness; triviality; inactivity; laziness.
  2. n. having no employment
  3. n. the quality of lacking substance or value
  4. n. the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work
  5. The word/condition">condition or word/quality">quality of being idle (in the various senses of that word); uselessness; fruitlessness; triviality; inactivity; laziness. Syn. -- Inaction; indolence; sluggishness; sloth.
  6. The word/condition">condition or word/quality">quality of being idle (in the various sensesof that word); uselessness; fruitlessness; triviality; inactivity;laziness.
  7. n:100 n. having no employment