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- The meaning of LAYABOUT is a lazy shiftless person : idler.
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The meaning of LAYABOUT is a lazy shiftless person : idler. How to use layabout in a sentence.
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a person who is unwilling to work. Synonyms. bum (PERSON) US informal. loafer (LAZY PERSON) SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Laziness and lazy people. bludger. bone idle idiom. bum around. CBA. clock-watcher. deadbeat. indolently. lazily. laziness. lazy. lie. shirker. skiver. slacker. slackness. slob. unambitious. vegetable. work-shy.
Layabout definition: a lazy or idle person; loafer.. See examples of LAYABOUT used in a sentence.
noun. A self-indulgent person who spends time avoiding work or other useful activity: bum, drone, fainéant, good-for-nothing, idler, loafer, ne'er-do-well, no-good, slugabed, sluggard, wastrel. Informal: do-little, do-nothing, lazybones, slug. Slang: slouch. The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus.
If you say that someone is a layabout, you disapprove of them because they do not work and you think they are lazy.
someone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind. someone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaming. a person who stays in bed until a relatively late hour. a person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime)
Definition of layabout noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
