idler

noun

A self-indulgent person who spends time avoiding work or other useful activity: bum¹, drone¹, fainéant, good-for-nothing, layabout, loafer, ne'er-do-well, no-good, slugabed, sluggard, wastrel. Informal do-little, do-nothing, lazybones, slug². Slang slouch. See industrious/lazy.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: person who does no work
  Synonyms: loafer, do-nothing, layabout, bum

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - lediggænger, drivert

Nederlands (Dutch)
leegloper, tussenrad

Français (French)
n. - fainéant, oisif, paresseux, dés¯uvré

Deutsch (German)
n. - Faulenzer, Zwischenrad

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αργόσχολος (κν. χασομέρης, ρέμπελος), τεμπέλης

Italiano (Italian)
sfaccendato, pigro

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pessoa (f) preguiçosa

Русский (Russian)
бездельник, холостой шкив, паразитная шестерня

Español (Spanish)
n. - vago, holgazán, polea, furgón vacío

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - dagdrivare, lätting, frivaktare (sjö), mellanhjul, tomgångsskiva, styrrulle

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
懒惰者, 惰轮, 游手好闲的人

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 懶惰者, 惰輪, 遊手好閒的人

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 게으름뱅이

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 怠け者, 無精者, 遊び車

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) متسكع, شخص يضيع وقته‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮בטלן, מתבטל, גלגל רזרבי‬

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