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# idler

noun (idlers); also the comparative of idle (idle, idler, idlest)

«idler» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A person who does not like to work and wastes time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/idler/#m1)
2. (as comparative) More lazy: «the idler he became». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/idler/#m2)

### In the lessons

in tales, a lazy character who does nothing useful and comes to a bad end

### Examples

- The idler lay in the sun all day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/idler/#x1)
- Our class idler never finished his sums. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/idler/#x2)
- The older he grew, the idler he became. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/idler/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «idler» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/idler/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«idler» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/idler.html) on Mova free.