Captious and Idle

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Captious adjective - Given to making or expressing unfavorable judgments about things.

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Idle and captious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Idle" instead an adjective "Captious".

Nearby Words: caption, captiously

Idle adjective - Not being in a state of use, activity, or employment.

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Captious and idle are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Captious" instead an adjective "Idle".

Nearby Words: idled, idleness, idler, idling, idly

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