IDLE





Definition:

  1. [verb] run disconnected or idle; "the engine is idling"
    Synonyms: tick over

  2. [verb] be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning"
    Synonyms: laze, slug, stagnate

  3. [adjective] not in action or at work; "an idle laborer"; "idle drifters"; "the idle rich"; "an idle mind"

  4. [adjective] without a basis in reason or fact; "baseless gossip"; "the allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy"
    Synonyms: baseless, groundless, unfounded, unwarranted

  5. [adjective] not in active use; "the machinery sat idle during the strike"; "idle hands"
    Synonyms: unused

  6. [adjective] silly or trivial; "idle pleasure"; "light banter"; "light idle chatter"
    Synonyms: light

  7. [adjective] lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; "idle talk"; "a loose tongue"
    Synonyms: loose

  8. [adjective] not yielding a return; "dead capital"; "idle funds"
    Synonyms: dead

  9. [adjective] not having a job; "idle carpenters"; "jobless transients"; "many people in the area were out of work"
    Synonyms: jobless, out of work

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