Other Words for Idleness

Idleness as a Verb has these synonyms:

inactivity, inaction, lethargy, torpor, indolence, laziness, sluggishness, sloth, slothfulness, shiftlessness, inertia, lassitude, flƒnerie, dolce far niente, unemployment, lallygagging or lollygagging, gold-bricking

Example: The strike created enforced idleness for non-union workers as well.

shirking, malingering, dawdling, loafing, time-wasting, lazing, dilly-dallying, shilly-shallying, skiving

Example: The foreman warned that he would not tolerate idleness.

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