19
idle(adjective, dull, job, bare, sluggish)
19
unoccupied(adjective, dull, job, idle, sluggish)
18
inactive(adjective, action, job, idle, tired)
16
jobless(adjective, dull, work, job, idle)
14
out of work(expression, adjective, idiom, dull, job)
12
free(adjective, job, idle, bare, empty)
9
unused(adjective, dull, job, idle, bare)
8
workless(adjective, work, job)
7
at liberty(adjective, job)
7
fired(adjective, job)
6
at leisure(expression, adjective, clear, loose, empty)
6
otiose
6
vacant(adjective, clear, loose, empty, relaxing)
5
available(adjective, clear, loose, idle, bare)
5
disengaged(adjective, dull, job, idle, bare)
5
dormant(adjective, dull, idle, sluggish, lazy)
5
fallow
5
leisure
5
motionless(adjective, dull, idle, sluggish, lazy)
5
off(adjective, relaxing)
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