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restless and unsettled; unemployed. (*Typically: be \at loose ends; leave someone \at loose ends.) •

Just before school starts, all the children are at loose ends.

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Jane has been at loose ends ever since she lost her job.

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{adj. phr.} Without a regular job or settled habits; uncertain what to do next; having nothing to do for a while; undecided; unsettled; restless. * /Feeling at loose ends, I went for a long walk./ * /He had finished college but hadn't found a job yet, so he was at loose ends./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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