Idle - Definition

adj 1: not in action or at work; "an idle laborer"; "idle
drifters"; "the idle rich"; "an idle mind" [ant: busy]
2: without a basis in reason or fact; "baseless gossip"; "the
allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded
suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy" [syn: baseless,
groundless, idle, unfounded, unwarranted, wild]
3: not in active use; "the machinery sat idle during the
strike"; "idle hands" [syn: idle, unused]
4: silly or trivial; "idle pleasure"; "light banter"; "light
idle chatter" [syn: idle, light]
5: lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; "idle talk";
"a loose tongue" [syn: idle, loose]
6: not yielding a return; "dead capital"; "idle funds" [syn:
dead, idle]
7: not having a job; "idle carpenters"; "jobless transients";
"many people in the area were out of work" [syn: idle,
jobless, out of work]
n 1: the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling;
"the car engine was running at idle"
v 1: run disconnected or idle; "the engine is idling" [syn:
idle, tick over] [ant: run]
2: be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat
and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning"
[syn: idle, laze, slug, stagnate] [ant: work]