Idle

['aɪd(ə)l] or ['aɪdl]

Definition

(noun.) the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling; 'the car engine was running at idle'.

(verb.) run disconnected or idle; 'the engine is idling'.

(verb.) be idle; exist in a changeless situation; 'The old man sat and stagnated on his porch'; 'He slugged in bed all morning'.

(adj.) not in active use; 'the machinery sat idle during the strike'; 'idle hands' .

(adj.) not in action or at work; 'an idle laborer'; 'idle drifters'; 'the idle rich'; 'an idle mind' .

(adj.) not having a job; 'idle carpenters'; 'jobless transients'; 'many people in the area were out of work' .

(adj.) lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; 'idle talk'; 'a loose tongue' .

(adj.) silly or trivial; 'idle pleasure'; 'light banter'; 'light idle chatter' .

Typist: Wesley--From WordNet

Definition

(superl.) Of no account; useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable; thoughtless; silly; barren.

(superl.) Not called into active service; not turned to appropriate use; unemployed; as, idle hours.

(superl.) Not employed; unoccupied with business; inactive; doing nothing; as, idle workmen.

(superl.) Given rest and ease; averse to labor or employment; lazy; slothful; as, an idle fellow.

(superl.) Light-headed; foolish.

(v. i.) To lose or spend time in inaction, or without being employed in business.

(v. t.) To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume; -- often followed by away; as, to idle away an hour a day.

Typed by Justine

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Unemployed, unoccupied, unbusied, inactive.[2]. Indolent, lazy, slothful, sluggish, inert.[3]. Vacant, unused.[4]. Useless, ineffectual, bootless, fruitless, unavailing, vain, futile, abortive.[5]. Trifling, trivial, unimportant, trashy, foolish, unprofitable.

Inputed by Armand

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Void, unoccupied, waste, vain, empty, unemployed, useless, inactive, lazy,indolent

ANT:Tilled, occupied, populated, filled, employed, assiduous, industrious

Edited by Elena

Definition

adj. vain: trifling: unemployed: averse to labour: not occupied: useless: unimportant: unedifying.—v.t. to spend in idleness.—v.i. to be idle or unoccupied.—adj. I′dle-head′ed foolish.—ns. I′dlehood I′dleness; I′dler; Id′lesse idleness; I′dle-wheel a wheel placed between two others simply for transferring the motion from one to the other without changing the direction.—n.pl. I′dle-worms once jocularly supposed to be bred in the fingers of lazy maid-servants.—adv. I′dly.

Typist: Wolfgang

Unserious Contents or Definition

If you dream of being idle, you will fail to accomplish your designs. To see your friends in idleness, you will hear of some trouble affecting them. For a young woman to dream that she is leading an idle existence, she will fall into bad habits, and is likely to marry a shiftless man.

Typed by Denis

Unserious Contents or Definition

Useless.

Checked by Eugene

Examples

Typist: Ollie

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