The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word IDLENESS
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More clues leading to the result IDLENESS
- Sloth scattered linseeds
- Inactivity that may follow love-in
- Unemployment I should lower, ending four points up
- Endless exercising beneath one — what's the alternative?
- Fluttering lids seen in dalliance?
- Inactivity I had seen before contact about two points
- Head after comic figure, sloth
- Unravelling lies, ends inactivity
- Sin filling lives with almost endless wrong
- One has endless nuts for sloth
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The straight part
We know that "unemployment" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case unemployment = idleness.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does IDLENESS mean?
IDLENESS noun- The state of being idle; inactivity.
- The state of being indolent; indolence.
- Groundlessness; worthlessness; triviality.