spend+in+idleness

  • 91idle — adj 1 *vain, nugatory, otiose, empty, hollow Analogous words: fruitless, bootless, *futile, vain: *ineffective, ineffectual, inefficacious: trivial, paltry, *petty, trifling Contrasted words: significant, pregnant, meaningful (see …

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  • 92spendthrift — spendthrift, prodigal, profligate, waster, wastrel are comparable when they denote a person who dissipates his resources foolishly and wastefully. All are more or less pejorative terms but they may differ significantly in emphasis and application …

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  • 93loaf — To spend time in idleness, to lounge or loiter about or along. City of Olathe v. Lauck, 156 Kan. 637, 135 P.2d 549, 551. See also malinger …

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  • 94loaf — To spend time in idleness, to lounge or loiter about or along. City of Olathe v. Lauck, 156 Kan. 637, 135 P.2d 549, 551. See also malinger …

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  • 95spendthrift — One who spends money profusely and improvidently; a prodigal; one who lavishes or wastes his estate. By statute, a person who by excessive drinking, gaming, idleness, or debauchery of any kind shall so spend, waste, or lessen his estate as to… …

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  • 96idle — ► ADJECTIVE (idler, idlest) 1) avoiding work; lazy. 2) not working or in use. 3) having no purpose or basis: idle threats. ► VERB 1) spend time doing nothing. 2) (of an engine) run slowly w …

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  • 97idler — idle ► ADJECTIVE (idler, idlest) 1) avoiding work; lazy. 2) not working or in use. 3) having no purpose or basis: idle threats. ► VERB 1) spend time doing nothing. 2) (of an engine) run slowly w …

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  • 98idly — idle ► ADJECTIVE (idler, idlest) 1) avoiding work; lazy. 2) not working or in use. 3) having no purpose or basis: idle threats. ► VERB 1) spend time doing nothing. 2) (of an engine) run slowly w …

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  • 99idle — [īd′ l] adj. idler, idlest [ME idel < OE, empty, akin to Ger eitel, vain, empty < ? IE base * ai dh, to burn, shine: basic sense, either “only apparent, seeming” or “burned out”] 1. a) having no value, use, or significance; worthless;… …

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  • 100laze — [lāz] vi. lazed, lazing [back form. < LAZY] to be lazy or idle; loaf vt. to spend (time, etc.) in idleness: often with away n. an act or instance of lazing …

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