Industriousness and Idleness

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Industriousness noun - Attentive and persistent effort.

Usage example: she did twice as much work as anyone else through sheer industriousness

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Idleness is an antonym for industriousness in diligence topic.

Idleness noun - An inclination not to do work or engage in activities.

Usage example: the brothers' innate idleness meant that neither did much, either inside or outside their ramshackle cabin

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Industriousness is an antonym for idleness.

Nearby Word: idle

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