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Idle

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not in use; inactive

idle(adj)

the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling

"the car engine was running at idle"

idle(adj)

not in action or at work

"an idle laborer"; "idle drifters"; "the idle rich"; "an idle mind"

baseless, groundless, idle, unfounded, unwarranted, wild(adj)

without a basis in reason or fact

"baseless gossip"; "the allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy"

idle, unused(adj)

not in active use

"the machinery sat idle during the strike"; "idle hands"

idle, light(adj)

silly or trivial

"idle pleasure"; "light banter"; "light idle chatter"

idle, loose(adj)

lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility

"idle talk"; "a loose tongue"

dead, idle(adj)

not yielding a return

"dead capital"; "idle funds"

idle, jobless, out of work(verb)

not having a job

"idle carpenters"; "jobless transients"; "many people in the area were out of work"

idle, tick over(verb)

run disconnected or idle

"the engine is idling"

idle, laze, slug, stagnate(verb)

be idle; exist in a changeless situation

"The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning"

not being in a state of use, activity, or employment the car was idle for two weeks while they went on vacation

the company's competitors have not been idle in developing rival products

not easily aroused to action or work

an idle employee who always seems to be either on break or at lunch

to spend time doing nothing she likes to idle during the summer and recharge herself for the fall semester

we idled away the evening relaxing around the campfire

I regret having been idle in my youth.

Tom is not an idle boy any longer.

The machines are idle now.

The factory has been lying idle for a year.

He is as idle as ever.

groundless loose baseless jobless out of work wild light dead unused unwarranted unfounded insupportable gaga raging violent untamed unwarrantable hazardous tempestuous undue indefensible godforsaken dotty unjustified uncivilised uncivilized waste risky angry savage fantastic barbarian unjustifiable crazy raving mad barbaric furious fresh light headed lite wanton wakeful faint lightheaded low cal calorie free lightsome light colored unaccented weak easy promiscuous abstemious unclouded clean light(a) clear tripping short scant(p) sluttish swooning escaped informal on the loose(p) liberal free open lax unaffixed slack at large(p) dead(a) bushed(p) deadened drained utter beat(p) numb(p) dead(p) stagnant all in(p) tick over slug laze stagnate swig slog inactive indolent inert lazy slothful sluggish trifling unemployed unoccupied vacant void vain empty useless unbusied ineffectual bootless fruitless unavailing futile abortive trivial unimportant trashy foolish unprofitable idling inactivity nonresponsive dormant down downtime laid up idleness standby fallow inoperative latent off shiftless bum chill dally dawdle dillydally drone footle goof (off) hack (around) hang (around or out) hang about kick around kick back loaf loll lounge veg out

active alive busy employed functioning going living on operating operative running working industrious

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