| idle(adjective, dull, sluggish, out, lazy) | |
| jobless(adjective, dull, idle, sluggish, lazy) | |
| unemployed(adjective, dull, job, idle, sluggish) | |
| unoccupied(adjective, dull, idle, sluggish, lazy) | |
| inactive(adjective, action, idle, lazy, inert) | |
| at liberty | |
| at leisure | |
| dismissed(redundant, unemployed, jobless) | |
| free | |
| laid off(expression, adjective, idle, inactive, redundant) | |
| on the dole(adjective, employed) | |
| redundant | |
| at loose ends(expression, idiom, inactive) | |
| available | |
| disengaged(adjective, dull, idle, sluggish, lazy) | |
| dormant(adjective, dull, idle, sluggish, lazy) | |
| inoperative(adjective, dull, idle, sluggish, lazy) | |
| passive(dull, sluggish, lazy, motionless, unmoving) | |
| resting | |
| abeyant(adjective, dull, idle, sluggish, lazy) |
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