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idle
/'aɪdəl/
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Definitions of idle
  1. adjective
    not having a job
    "idle carpenters"

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    jobless out of work unemployed
  2. adjective
    not in active use
    "the machinery sat idle during the strike" "idle hands"

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    unused inactive
  3. adjective
    without a basis in reason or fact
    "idle fears"

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    baseless groundless unfounded unwarranted wild unsupported
  4. verb
    be idle; exist in a changeless situation

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    laze slug stagnate
    Opposite:
    work
  5. verb
    run disconnected or idle

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    tick over
    Opposite:
    run
  6. adjective
    silly or trivial
    "idle pleasure" "light idle chatter"

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    light frivolous
  7. adjective
    lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility
    "idle talk"

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    loose irresponsible
  8. adjective
    not yielding a return
    "idle funds"

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    dead unprofitable
  9. adjective
    not in action or at work
    "an idle laborer" "idle drifters" "the idle rich" "an idle mind"

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    lazy leisured otiose slothful work-shy bone-idle bone-lazy faineant indolent lackadaisical unengaged
    Opposite:
    busy
  10. noun
    the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling
    "the car engine was running at idle"
    type of:
    operation
Examples of idle
  • "idle carpenters"
  • "the machinery sat idle during the strike"
  • "idle hands"
  • "idle fears"
  • "idle pleasure"
  • "light idle chatter"
  • "idle talk"
  • "idle funds"
  • "an idle laborer"
  • "idle drifters"
  • "the idle rich"
  • "an idle mind"
  • "the car engine was running at idle"
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