Idle

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Not employed or busy: idle carpenters. See Synonyms at inactive.
  • adj. Avoiding work or employment; lazy: shiftless, idle youth. See Synonyms at lazy.
  • adj. Not in use or operation: idle hands.
  • adj. Lacking substance, value, or basis. See Synonyms at baseless, vain.
  • verb-intransitive. To pass time without working or while avoiding work.
  • verb-intransitive. To move lazily and without purpose.
  • verb-intransitive. To run at a slow speed or out of gear. Used of a motor vehicle.
  • v. To pass (time) without working or while avoiding work; waste: idle the afternoon away.
  • v. To make or cause to be unemployed or inactive.
  • v. To cause (a motor, for example) to idle.
  • n. A state of idling. Used of a motor vehicle: an engine running quietly at idle.
  • n. A mechanism for regulating the speed at which an engine runs at rest: set the idle higher to keep the motor from stalling.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Empty, vacant.
  • adj. Not turned to appropriate use; not occupied.
  • adj. Not engaged in any occupation or employment; unemployed; inactive; doing nothing.
  • adj. Averse to work, labor or employment; lazy; slothful.
  • adj. Of no importance; useless; worthless; vain; trifling; thoughtless; silly.
  • v. To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume.
  • v. To lose or spend time doing nothing, or without being employed in business.
  • v. Of an engine: to run at a slow speed, or out of gear; to tick over.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of no account; useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable; thoughtless; silly; barren.
  • adj. Not called into active service; not turned to appropriate use; unemployed.
  • adj. Not employed; unoccupied with business; inactive; doing nothing.
  • adj. Given rest and ease; averse to labor or employment; lazy; slothful.
  • adj. Light-headed; foolish.
  • verb-intransitive. To lose or spend time in inaction, or without being employed in business.
  • v. To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume; -- often followed by away.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Empty; vacant; not occupied: as, idle hours.
  • Not engaged in any occupation or employment; unemployed; inactive; doing nothing.
  • In a state of disuse; remaining unused.
  • Useless; ineffectual; vain; bootless; unavailing; futile: as, idle rage.
  • Of no importance; trivial; irrelevant; flippant; pointless; unprofitable: as, an idle story.
  • Acting idly or unconcernedly; careless; indifferent.
  • Slothful; given to rest and ease; averse to labor; lazy: as, an idle fellow.
  • Wandering in mind; light-headed: an occasional use in old plays.
  • n. Idleness; indolence.
  • n. An indolent person.
  • To spend or waste time in inaction or without employment.
  • To spend in idleness; waste: generally followed by away: as, to idle away time.
  • Of machinery, doing no direct work; merely changing the direction of motion: as, an idle gear; also, running merely to carry transmission-elements: as, an idle pulley (which see).
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility
  • adj. not in action or at work
  • adj. not having a job
  • adj. not yielding a return
  • v. be idle; exist in a changeless situation
  • v. run disconnected or idle
  • adj. without a basis in reason or fact
  • adj. not in active use
  • n. the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling
  • adj. silly or trivial
    • Equivalent
    irresponsible    lackadaisical    leisured    slothful    indolent    faineant    work-shy    unengaged    bone-idle    lazy   
    Verb Form
    idled    idles    idling   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    operation   
    Cross Reference
    to be sick of the idles    to run idle    idle worms    in idle   
    Form
    idled    idling   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    unprofitable    unemployed    futile    frivolous    indolent    sluggish    useless    trifling    unoccupied    inactive   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    bridal    bridle    homicidal    idol    idyll    intertidal    seidel    sidle    suicidal    tidal   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    foolish    vain    mere    lazy    careless    frivolous    ignorant    weak   
     
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