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idle

('/aI/d/-/l )

adjective (a)

not in action or at work(adj.all)

Example:
An idle laborer.
Idle drifters.
The idle rich.
An idle mind.

Antonym:
busy

source: wordnet30
Of no account; useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable; thoughtless; silly; barren.(adjective)

source: webster1913

noun (n)

the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling(noun.state)

Example:
The car engine was running at idle.

source: wordnet30

adjective satellite (s)

without a basis in reason or fact(adj.all)

Example:
Idle fears.

Synonym:
baseless, groundless, unfounded, unwarranted, wild

source: wordnet30
not in active use(adj.all)

Example:
The machinery sat idle during the strike.
Idle hands.

Synonym:
unused

source: wordnet30
silly or trivial(adj.all)

Example:
Idle pleasure.
Light idle chatter.

Synonym:
light

source: wordnet30
lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility(adj.all)

Example:
Idle talk.

Synonym:
loose

source: wordnet30
not yielding a return(adj.all)

Example:
Idle funds.

Synonym:
dead

source: wordnet30
not having a job(adj.all)

Example:
Idle carpenters.

Synonym:
jobless, out of work

source: wordnet30

verb (v)

run disconnected or idle(verb.contact)

Synonym:
tick over
Antonym:
run

source: wordnet30
be idle; exist in a changeless situation(verb.social)

Synonym:
laze, slug, stagnate
Antonym:
work

source: wordnet30
To lose or spend time in inaction, or without being employed in business.(verb)

source: webster1913
To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume; -- often followed by away; as, to idle away an hour a day.(verb)

source: webster1913

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