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time on one's hands

NOUN
all the time in the world
Synonyms
WEAK
no hurry time to spare
NOUN
downtime
Synonyms
STRONGEST
free time spare time
STRONG
break freedom halt interim interlude intermission letup lull pause recess repose respite rest spell stay suspension
WEAK
breathing spell time out time to burn time to kill
Antonyms
STRONG
continuation disturbance energy go persistence
NOUN
idleness
Synonyms
STRONG
dawdling dormancy droning hibernation inactivity indolence inertia leisure lethargy loafing shiftlessness sloth slothfulness slouch slowness sluggishness stupor torpidity torpor trifling truancy unemployment
WEAK
dilly-dallying goof-off time joblessness laze lazing loitering otiosity own sweet time pottering time to burn time to kill time-wasting vegetating
Antonyms
STRONG
activity energy life liveliness vigor
WEAK
action ambition busyness diligence employment hustle industry labor occupation work
NOUN
inactivity
Synonyms
STRONGEST
lethargy sluggishness stagnation
STRONG
dawdling dormancy droning hibernation idleness indolence inertia inertness leisure loafing shiftlessness sloth slothfulness slouch slowness stupor torpidity torpor trifling truancy unemployment
WEAK
dilly-dallying goof-off time inoperativeness joblessness laze lazing loitering otiosity own sweet time pottering time to burn time to kill time-wasting vegetating
Antonyms
STRONGEST
energy vigor
STRONG
employment work
NOUN
inertness
Synonyms
STRONG
dawdling dormancy droning hibernation idleness inactivity indolence inertia leisure lethargy loafing shiftlessness sloth slothfulness slouch slowness sluggishness stagnation stupor torpidity torpor trifling truancy unemployment
WEAK
dilly-dallying goof-off time inoperativeness joblessness laze lazing loitering otiosity own sweet time pottering time to burn time to kill time-wasting vegetating
Antonyms
STRONG
activity busyness employment energy life liveliness vigor work
NOUN
inoperativeness
Synonyms
WEAK
dawdling dilly-dallying dormancy droning goof-off time hibernation idleness inactivity indolence inertia inertness joblessness laze lazing leisure lethargy loafing loitering otiosity own sweet time pottering shiftlessness sloth slothfulness slouch slowness sluggishness stagnation stupor time to burn time to kill time-wasting torpidity torpor trifling truancy unemployment vegetating

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I am afraid that it is rather short, but one has very little time on one's hands in the trenches, I find.

From Letters from France by Mack, Isaac Alexander

It has nothing to do with being idle, or having time on one's hands, although it does involve a certain sense of free space about one, as we shall see anon.

From Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua by Lee, Vernon

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