idler
noun
a person who passes time in a lazy or unproductive way.
idlers
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pluralof idler.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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During a BBC leadership debate, she was challenged about a comment in Britannia Unchained, describing British workers as "among the worst idlers in the world".
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2022
There are few schools for idlers or households for the lazy.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 3, 2018
Contrary to predictions by slavery’s defenders, the liberated slaves did not become idlers, but divided their time between continued plantation work and cultivating individual plots the army assigned them.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
It seems as if all you have to do is cross the avenue to melt into the thin Sunday crowd of browsers and idlers.
From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2017
They were surrounded by the usual crowd of idlers and passersby.
From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare
