idler
noun[C]
uk/ˈaɪ.dəl.ər/us/ˈaɪ.dəl.ɚ/someone who islazyand does notwanttoworkor make anyphysicaleffort:
Somepeopleseemembersof theroyalfamilyasprivilegedidlers.
Hebelievesthatadolescentswhogrowup inhouseholdswith norulesbecomeshambolicidlersincapableoforganizingtheirlives.
- All hislife, he had thereputationof being something of an idler.
- Idlerseverywhereshudderwithfeareachtimethe Governmentlaunchesa newhealthdrive.
- There's nodenyingthat Baudelaire was ascroungingidler and ahopelesswreck.
Laziness and lazy people
- bludger
- bone idleidiom
- bum around
- CBA
- clock-watcher
- indolently
- layabout
- lazily
- laziness
- lazy
- lie
- shiftless
- shirker
- skiver
- slacker
- slackness
- time-serving
- unambitious
- vegetable
- work-shy