idle
adjective
- 1
not in active use
the machinery sat idle during the strike
idle hands
- 2
not in action or at work
an idle laborer
idle drifters
- 3
not having a job
idle carpenters
jobless transients
- 4
not yielding a return
dead capital
idle funds
- 5
lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility
idle talk
a loose tongue
- 6
silly or trivial
idle pleasure
light banter
- 7
without a basis in reason or fact
baseless gossip
the allegations proved groundless
noun
- 1
the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling
the car engine was running at idle
verb
- 1
run disconnected or idle
the engine is idling
- 2
be idle; exist in a changeless situation
The old man sat and stagnated on his porch
He slugged in bed all morning
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