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Idler

noun

1.

Person who does no work. Synonyms: bum, do-nothing, layabout, loafer.

Idle

adjective

(compar. idler; superl. idlest)

1.

Not in action or at work. "Idle drifters" , "The idle rich" , "An idle mind"

2.

Without a basis in reason or fact. Synonyms: baseless, groundless, unfounded, unwarranted, wild. "The allegations proved groundless" , "Idle fears" , "Unfounded suspicions" , "Unwarranted jealousy"

3.

Not in active use. Synonym: unused. "Idle hands"

4.

Silly or trivial. Synonym: light. "Light banter" , "Light idle chatter"

5.

Lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility. Synonym: loose. "A loose tongue"

6.

Not yielding a return. Synonym: dead. "Idle funds"

7.

Not having a job. Synonyms: jobless, out of work. "Jobless transients" , "Many people in the area were out of work"

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"Idler" Quotes from Famous Books

... The Idler: "A striking volume of ballad poetry. A volume to console one for the tantalising postponement of Mr. Kipling's promised ...

— Over the Sliprails • Henry Lawson

... that we know we have "worked for." There is nothing that comes to the idler, or shirker. What we know is merely the result of "stored-up accumulations of previous experience," as ...

— A Series of Lessons in Raja Yoga • Yogi Ramacharaka

... different from that stateliness of port common to the austere legislator. The very tone of his voice was different. It was as if the statesman—the man of business—had vanished; it was rather the man of fashion and the idler, who, nodding languidly to his visitor, said, "Levy, what money can I have for ...

— The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 1852 • Various

... idler!" announced Butch, generously, "But for thee! I prithee, since you pritheed me a few moments hence, let that so-called colossal intellect of yours stride back along the corridors of Time, until it reaches a certain day toward the close of our Freshman ...

— T. Haviland Hicks Senior • J. Raymond Elderdice

... in token of our belief in the blessed trinity of God—is simply putting on the harness for work in the Lord's vineyard. It is also the act of putting on the Christian soldier's armor and entering the service. But of what use is a helmet, sword and shield to an idler in the camp? Of what account is harness, unless the horse that carries it is trained and made willing ...

— Life and Labors of Elder John Kline, the Martyr Missionary - Collated from his Diary by Benjamin Funk • John Kline

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