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idle

/'aɪdəl/

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adjective
not having a job
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"idle carpenters"

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

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

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baseless groundless unfounded unwarranted wild unsupported
verb
be idle; exist in a changeless situation
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laze slug stagnate

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work
verb
run disconnected or idle
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tick over

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run
adjective
silly or trivial
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"idle pleasure" "light idle chatter"

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

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loose irresponsible
adjective
not yielding a return
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"idle funds"

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dead unprofitable
adjective
not in action or at work
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"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

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busy
noun
the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling
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"the car engine was running at idle"

type of:
operation

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