idleness Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun having no employment
    idling; loafing.
  2. noun the quality of lacking substance or value
    groundlessness.
    • the groundlessness of their report was quickly recognized
  3. noun the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work
    faineance.

WordNet

I"dle*ness noun
Etymology
AS. idelnes.
Definitions
  1. The condition or quality of being idle (in the various senses of that word); uselessness; fruitlessness; triviality; inactivity; laziness. Syn. -- Inaction; indolence; sluggishness; sloth.

Webster 1913