Usually means: Extremely lazy, avoiding any effort.
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  1. bone idle: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. bone idle: Collins English Dictionary
  3. bone-idle: Vocabulary.com
  4. bone-idle: Wordnik
  5. bone idle: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. bone-idle, bone idle: Wiktionary
  7. bone-idle, bone idle: Dictionary.com
  8. bone-idle: Rhymezone
  9. bone-idle: FreeDictionary.org
  10. bone-idle: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. bone-idle, bone idle: TheFreeDictionary.com
  12. bone idle: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. Bone Idle: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Bone idle)

▸ adjective:  Alternative spelling of bone-idle [(chiefly British, Ireland, Commonwealth, idiomatic) Utterly lazy.]

Similar:
idle, bone-lazy, bone tired, bone-hard, bareboned, lazyass, zombied out, work-shy, like a bulldog with a bone, dog tired, more...

Opposite:
industrious, hardworking, diligent, productive

Types:
lazy, slothful, indolent, lethargic, listless, unmotivated, more...

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Similar:
idle, bone-lazy, bone tired, bone-hard, bareboned, lazyass, zombied out, work-shy, like a bulldog with a bone, dog tired, more...

Opposite:
industrious, hardworking, diligent, productive

Types:
lazy, slothful, indolent, lethargic, listless, unmotivated, more...



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