Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective disinclined to work or exertion.
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- adjective UK, idiomatic utterly
lazy
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective constitutionally lazy or idle
Etymologies
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Examples
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Scooby et al always start adventures doing the most pointless of journeys in the Mystery Machine van – they are petrol-guzzling, bone-idle slackers.
Kelis reveals the face of casual British racism | Barbara Ellen
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Victimhood as comfort blanket, an excuse for bone-idle black kids, who don't seem to have noticed that Asian children tend to do pretty well in British schools?
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Doesnt this just encourage other bone-idle feckless families?
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Doesnt this just encourage other bone-idle feckless families?
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His portrayal of Stan Butler did much to perpetuate the image of the 1970s worker as a bone-idle work-dodger; we forget today just how enormously popular On the Buses was.
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The real 'enemies of British society' are the workshy and bone-idle white working class, with their massive dependence on state benefits, ignorance, casual violence, fecundity and alcoholism.
Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I...
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The real 'enemies of British society' are the workshy and bone-idle white working class, with their massive dependence on state benefits, ignorance, casual violence, fecundity and alcoholism.
Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I...
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His portrayal of Stan Butler did much to perpetuate the image of the 1970s worker as a bone-idle work-dodger; we forget today just how enormously popular On the Buses was.
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You are right, the consensus among run-of-the-mill bone-idle journalists is that Wakefield has been proved wrong.
On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
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So, are mummy's boy's bone-idle, broke or basket cases?
Juliet Linley: Mummy's Boys: Bone-Idle, Broke or Basket Cases?
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