joutilas — meaning in English
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English meaning
- fallow adjective Left unplanted for a season or more to let the soil recover.
- idle adj Not working, active, or in use.
- otiose adj Having no effect.
- unoccupied adjective Not lived in or rented out.
Senses
joutilas is used for these senses in English:
- fallow (figurative) Inactive; undeveloped.
- idle Not being used appropriately; not occupied; (of time) with no, no important, or not much activity.
- idle Not engaged in any occupation or employment; unemployed; inactive; doing nothing in particular.
- otiose Reluctant to work or to exert oneself.
- unoccupied Not employed on a task; idle
fallow — full definition
- adjective Left unplanted for a season or more to let the soil recover.
- adjective Inactive or not being used or developed.
- noun Land that has been plowed but deliberately left unseeded.
idle — full definition
- adj Not working, active, or in use.
- adj Lazy or unwilling to work.
- verb Of an engine, to run slowly while not driving anything, such as a car sitting still with the motor on.
- verb To pass time doing nothing productive.