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All hustle antonyms

hus·tle
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verb hustle

  • slow down — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
  • delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
  • dissuade — to deter by advice or persuasion; persuade not to do something (often followed by from): She dissuaded him from leaving home.
  • repress — to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
  • slow — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
  • suppress — to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
  • dally — If you dally, you act or move very slowly, wasting time.
  • procrastinate — to defer action; delay: to procrastinate until an opportunity is lost.
  • wait — to remain inactive or in a state of repose, as until something expected happens (often followed by for, till, or until): to wait for the bus to arrive.
  • leave alone — separate, apart, or isolated from others: I want to be alone.
  • pull — pull media

noun hustle

  • joblessness — without a job.
  • unemployment — the state of being unemployed, especially involuntarily: Automation poses a threat of unemployment for many unskilled workers.
  • time on one's hands — an interval with nothing to do
  • pottering — putter1 .
  • idleness — the quality, state, or condition of being lazy, inactive, or idle: His lack of interest in the larger world and his consummate idleness were the causes of their dreadful divorce.
  • otiosity — being at leisure; idle; indolent.
  • hibernation — Zoology. to spend the winter in close quarters in a dormant condition, as bears and certain other animals. Compare estivate.
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