workless
5.6
Idle and not active, often for machines or factories
- adjective
- /ˈwɜːrkləs/
:
inactivo
- After a long week, they enjoyed a workless day at the beach without any responsibilities.
Examples
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Saturday's chores finished the week, and the family looked forward to a workless Sunday.
Fiction book (1996) -
They hiked to each other's houses, or barebacked a workhorse on a rare workless weekday, or they met under a great willow beside a creek halfway between them.
Fiction book (1996) -
On holidays, the factory remains completely workless as no machines are operating.
-
During the winter break, the school was workless, providing students with time to relax.
Synonyms
idle
vsworkless
57
2.8
Not working or being used
is mainly about machines or periods not producing output
inactive
vsworkless
11
2.5
Not being used or working now
applies especially to machines or times left unused
unworked
vsworkless
4.2
Left unused and idle, like time, land, or machines
focuses on machines or periods not producing output or operating
nonworking
vsworkless
3.0
A day when people do not have to go to their job
concerns machines or times unused rather than scheduling on calendars
Antonyms
How Active
Surface Forms
workless positive
Morphology
Etymology
Workless is made of work and -less, where -less means 'without', just like in homeless. So a workless machine or period is 'without work' — not active or idle.