idleness in the Oxford Spanish Dictionary

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idleness [Am ˈaɪdlnəs, Brit ˈʌɪdlnəs] N U

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he had not surrendered to idleness
no se había dejado vencer por la pereza

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idleness in the PONS Dictionary

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he/she is now having to pay the price for his/her idleness
su holgazanería le pasa ahora factura inf
idleness is the root of all evil prov
la ociosidad es la madre de todos los vicios prov
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Increased enrollments reflected the belief that it was better for students to be in college than to be sitting at home in idleness and despair.
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Furthermore, because of the need to replace machinery on a ten-year cycle, idleness was likely to mean that investments would not be recouped.
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There are idlers who are proud to call themselves idle, and there are idlers who disguise their idleness with pointless bustling.
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Do anything to avoid a state of idleness.
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Increasingly, however, it came to be linked with pride, excess of diet, idleness, and contempt of the poor.
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He argued that virtue was more valued than the acquisition or possession of material wealth, and criticized idleness.
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There was concern that the industry led to dissolution and idleness in the menfolk.
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All clerics should avoid idleness as a pest.
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Idleness overpowers one strong in concentration and weak in energy, since concentration favours idleness.
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Also, tires on seldom-used trailers are at the greatest risk of age-failure, but some tires are built to withstand idleness, usually with nylon reinforcement.
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