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idler
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈaɪ.dəl.ər/ us /ˈaɪ.dəl.ɚ/
someone who is lazy and does not want to work or make any physical effort:
Some people see members of the royal family as privileged idlers.
He believes that adolescents who grow up in households with no rules become shambolic idlers incapable of organizing their lives.
All his life, he had the reputation of being something of an idler.
Idlers everywhere shudder with fear each time the Government launches a new health drive.
There's no denying that Baudelaire was a scrounging idler and a hopeless wreck.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Laziness and lazy people
bludger
bone idleidiom
bum around
CBA
clock-watcher
deadbeat
indolently
layabout
lazily
laziness
lazy
lie
shirker
skiver
slacker
slackness
slob
unambitious
vegetable
work-shy
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