idler
noun
[ ˈʌɪdlə ]
• a person who avoids work or spends time in an aimless or lazy way.
Similar:
loafer,
layabout,
good-for-nothing,
ne'er-do-well,
do-nothing,
lounger,
shirker,
sluggard,
slugabed,
slug,
laggard,
malingerer,
waster,
slacker,
cyberslacker,
slob,
lazybones,
slowcoach,
skiver,
slowpoke,
wastrel,
fainéant,
• a pulley that transmits no power but guides or stretches a belt or rope.
idle
adjective
• (of a person) avoiding work; lazy.
• "idle students"
Similar:
lazy,
indolent,
slothful,
work-shy,
shiftless,
loafing,
inactive,
inert,
sluggish,
lethargic,
languorous,
listless,
torpid,
remiss,
negligent,
slack,
lax,
lackadaisical,
impassive,
good-for-nothing,
do-nothing,
leisurely,
bone idle,
fainéant,
otiose,
• without purpose or effect; pointless.
• "he did not want to waste valuable time in idle chatter"
Similar:
frivolous,
trivial,
trifling,
minor,
petty,
foolish,
lightweight,
shallow,
superficial,
insignificant,
unimportant,
worthless,
valueless,
pointless,
paltry,
niggling,
peripheral,
without depth,
inane,
fatuous,
senseless,
meaningless,
purposeless,
unnecessary,
time-wasting,
Origin:
Old English īdel ‘empty, useless’, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch ijdel ‘vain, frivolous, useless’ and German eitel ‘bare, worthless’.
