idleness
/ˈaɪdlnəs/noun
उच्चारण आइड्ल्नस
आलस्य, निठल्लापन, बेकारी
Core word
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[U]
the state of not working or doing anything, especially because you are lazy
आलस्य, निठल्लापन, बेकारी
- Idleness is the enemy of success.
- After months of idleness, he finally found a job.
- Long periods of idleness made the young man restless.
+ 2 more examples
- The teacher warned the class that idleness leads to failure.
- Her idleness annoyed her colleagues, who did all the work.
Synonyms laziness inactivity sloth indolence inertia
§Structures (grammar patterns) 5
idleness (uncountable)
A noun for not working; it has no plural and no 'a'.
काम न करने का भाव बताने वाला noun; इसका plural नहीं होता और 'a' नहीं आता।
- Idleness is the enemy of success.
- He enjoyed a week of idleness.
in idleness / out of idleness
Use 'in' for the state and 'out of' for the reason.
अवस्था के लिए 'in' और कारण के लिए 'out of' आता है।
- He spent the summer in idleness.
- She did it out of sheer idleness.
idleness vs laziness
Idleness is not working, often by circumstance; laziness is unwillingness to work.
Idleness काम न करना है, प्रायः परिस्थितिवश; laziness काम करने की अनिच्छा है।
- The idleness was caused by the strike.
forced idleness
Used for situations when a person has no work to do.
जब व्यक्ति के पास काम न हो, तब इसका प्रयोग होता है।
- The lockdown brought forced idleness.
idleness vs idle (adjective)
Idle is the adjective, as in an idle machine; idleness is the noun for the state.
Idle adjective है, जैसे idle machine में; idleness उस अवस्था का noun है।
- The idle machine shows the cost of idleness.
+Collocations 5
adjective + idleness
forcedenforcedsheertotalcompletelong
- Enforced idleness made the workers restless.
verb + idleness
avoidendwaste time inlead tospend in
- Avoid idleness during your holidays.
idleness + noun
habitproblemcostperiodtime
- The idleness period lasted three months.
proverb on idleness
root of evilenemy of progressmother of vicedevil's workshopwaste of time
- An idle mind is the devil's workshop, and idleness is its door.
idleness + of
youthworkersmachinesfactoriesmind
- The idleness of the machines cost the company dearly.
“More examples 7
- Radhika used the holidays to read instead of wasting time in idleness.
राधिका ने छुट्टियों में आलस्य में समय गँवाने के बजाय पढ़ाई की।
- Idleness often leads to boredom and bad habits.
निष्क्रियता अक्सर ऊब और बुरी आदतों को जन्म देती है।
- The factory closure forced many workers into idleness.
फ़ैक्टरी बंद होने से कई मज़दूर बेकार हो गए।
- A little idleness after the exam is quite natural.
परीक्षा के बाद थोड़ा आराम स्वाभाविक है।
- His idleness annoyed the teacher.
उसकी निष्क्रियता से शिक्षक नाराज़ हुए।
- The farmers faced weeks of idleness because of the floods.
बाढ़ के कारण किसानों को हफ़्तों बेकार बैठना पड़ा।
- Idleness in the exam hall wastes time; attempt the easy questions first.
परीक्षा हॉल में निष्क्रिय बैठना समय बर्बाद करता है; पहले आसान प्रश्न हल करें।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ He spent his days in idlenesses.
✓ He spent his days in idleness.
Idleness is uncountable and has no plural.
Idleness uncountable है और इसका plural नहीं होता।
✗ Idleness are harmful for health.
✓ Idleness is harmful to health.
An uncountable noun takes a singular verb, and harmful takes 'to'.
Uncountable noun के साथ singular verb आता है और harmful के साथ 'to'।