- idleness, idling, loafing - having no employment
--1 is a kind of inactivity
--1 has particulars: dolce far niente
- bum, bum around, bum about, arse around, arse about, fuck off, loaf, frig around, waste one's time, lounge around, loll, loll around, lounge about - be lazy or idle; "Her son is just bumming around all day"
--1 is one way to idle, laze, slug, stagnate
Sample sentences:Derived form: noun loafer1
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- loiter, lounge, footle, lollygag, loaf, lallygag, hang around, mess about, tarry, linger, lurk, mill about, mill around - be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"
--2 is one way to be
Sample sentences:
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