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Meaning of ‘idle’
10 definitions found.
not in active use
Example: "the machinery sat idle during the strike"
Synonyms: unused
not in action or at work
Example: "an idle laborer"
not having a job
Example: "idle carpenters"
Synonyms: jobless out of work
not yielding a return
Synonyms: dead
lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility
Example: "idle talk"
Synonyms: loose
silly or trivial
Example: "idle pleasure"
Synonyms: light
without a basis in reason or fact
Synonyms: wild
the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling
Example: "the car engine was running at idle"
run disconnected or idle
Synonyms: tick over
be idle
Synonyms: slug
Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University
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