idleness, idling, loafing
(noun) having no employment
faineance, idleness
(noun) the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work
groundlessness, idleness
(noun) the quality of lacking substance or value; “the groundlessness of their report was quickly recognized”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
idleness (countable and uncountable, plural idlenesses)
The state of being idle; inactivity.
The state of being indolent; indolence.
Groundlessness; worthlessness; triviality.
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Source: Wiktionary
I"dle*ness, n. Etym: [AS. idelnes.]
Definition: The condition or quality of being idle (in the various senses of that word); uselessness; fruitlessness; triviality; inactivity; laziness.
Syn.
– Inaction; indolence; sluggishness; sloth.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 May 2025
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
Coffee dates back to the 9th century. Goat herders in Ethiopia noticed their goats seem to be “dancing” after eating berries from a particular shrub. They reported it to the local monastery, and a monk made a drink out of it. The monk found out he felt energized and kept him awake at night. That’s how the first coffee drink was born.
