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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

  1. adjective Left unplanted for a season or more to let the soil recover.
  2. adjective Inactive or not being used or developed.
  3. noun Land that has been plowed but deliberately left unseeded.

idle — full definition

  1. adj Not working, active, or in use.
  2. adj Lazy or unwilling to work.
  3. verb Of an engine, to run slowly while not driving anything, such as a car sitting still with the motor on.
  4. verb To pass time doing nothing productive.

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