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idle::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | jobless, out of work |
| Derivation | idleness |
idle carpenters.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | unused |
| Derivation | idleness |
the machinery sat idle during the strike.
idle hands.
idle::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | baseless, groundless, unfounded, unwarranted, wild |
| Derivation | idleness |
idle fears.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | laze, slug, stagnate |
| Has types | lie around, arse about, arse around, bum, bum about, bum around, daydream, frig around, fuck off, lie about, loaf, loll, loll around, lounge about, lounge around, moon, moon around, moon on, ride the bench, warm the bench, waste one's time |
| Derivation | idler, idling |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | tick over |
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Derivation | idleness |
an idle laborer.
idle drifters.
the idle rich.
an idle mind.
Examples of idle
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Like a lot of people, I'll let those pictures lay idle on my handset for months.
From the online.wsj.com
Bob Stoops'Sooners were idle this past weekend, but still moved up in the polls.
From the thenewstribune.com
The Lions, 6-1 overall and a perfect 3-0 in District 21-4A, were idle last week.
From the chron.com
Younger brother Julius Jones has often been idle in his first season in Seattle.
From the thenewstribune.com
Even still, the drivers must maintain schedule, so they can't idle for too long.
From the ocregister.com
His predilection for frivolous garden scenes with idle lovers makes him suspect.
From the inrich.com
Instead, the workers say, many have been left mostly idle in remote labor camps.
From the sacbee.com
Why does the American public put up with such idle chatter and watch such tripe?
From the sacbee.com
With it came land in real estate purgatories, such as Vegas, that now lies idle.
From the businessweek.com
- Not in action or at work; "an idle laborer"; "idle drifters"; "the idle rich"; "an idle mind"
- Run disconnected or idle; "the engine is idling"
- The state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling; "the car engine was running at idle"
- Baseless: without a basis in reason or fact; "baseless gossip"; "the allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy"
- Be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning"
- Not in active use; "the machinery sat idle during the strike"; "idle hands"
- Idle (idling) is a term which generally refers to a lack of motion and/or energy.
- A computer processor is described as idle when it is not being used by any program.
- When an engine running on idle or idles, the engine runs without any loads but the engine accessories.
