Idle and Sleeping

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Idle

Idle adjective - Not being in a state of use, activity, or employment.
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Sleeping and idle are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sleeping" instead an adjective "Idle".
Nearby Words: idled, idleness, idler, idling, idly

Sleeping

Sleeping adjective - Being in a state of suspended consciousness.
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Idle and sleeping are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Idle" instead an adjective "Sleeping".
Nearby Words: sleep, sleepy, sleeper, sleepless

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  • Dissimile: The Storyteller lampshades this in regard to Cody's idle "sleeping with the enemy" fantasy during the 20K run.Granted, there would be no sleeping and Courtney wasn’t really an enemy, but that’s the way it is with figures of speech.
    Source: Fan Fic / The Legend of Total Drama Island
  • Literature / Song of the Lioness Idle Rich: The King of Tusaine spends most of his time lounging around and sleeping around—it's his brother and cousin who start the war.
    Source: Literature / Song of the Lioness
  • Manga / Ran To Haiiro No Sekai Idle Rich: Outarou is the president of some powerful company but we only see him in his office in one panel and he's sleeping at his desk.
    Source: Manga / Ran To Haiiro No Sekai
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