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English to English adjective
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not in action or at work |  | Example: an idle laborer
idle drifters
the idle rich
an idle mind
source: wordnet30
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Of no account; useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable; thoughtless; silly; barren. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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without a basis in reason or fact | | Example: baseless gossip
the allegations proved groundless
idle fears
unfounded suspicions
unwarranted jealousy
source: wordnet30
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not in active use | | Example: the machinery sat idle during the strike
idle hands
source: wordnet30
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silly or trivial | | Example: idle pleasure
light banter
light idle chatter
source: wordnet30
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lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility | | Example: idle talk
a loose tongue
source: wordnet30
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not yielding a return | | Example: dead capital
idle funds
source: wordnet30
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not having a job | | Example: idle carpenters
jobless transients
many people in the area were out of work
source: wordnet30 noun
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the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling | | Example: the car engine was running at idle
source: wordnet30 verb
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run disconnected or idle | | Example: the engine is idling
source: wordnet30
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be idle; exist in a changeless situation | | Example: The old man sat and stagnated on his porch
He slugged in bed all morning
source: wordnet30
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To lose or spend time in inaction, or without being employed in business. | | source: webster1913
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To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume; -- often followed by away; as, to idle away an hour a day. | | source: webster1913
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