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idle

/ˈaɪdn̩/

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adjective

not working, active, or being used

idle workers [=workers who do not have jobs]

The company's competitor's have not been idle [=they have been active/busy] in recent months.

The factory has been lying/sitting/standing idle [=has not been used] for the past year.

the idle rich [=rich people who do not have to work]

not having any real purpose or value

idle rumors/gossip

There has been a lot of idle speculation about what might happen, but no one really knows.

(formal) It is idle [=useless, pointless] to want what you cannot have.

She said she would leave him, but he knew it was an idle threat. [=he knew that she did not mean it]

not having much activity

the idle days of summer

somewhat old-fashioned :trying to avoid work :lazy

a careless and idle worker

There was a group of idle boys standing on the corner.

verb

idles; idled; idling

of an engine or vehicle :to run without being connected for doing useful work [no obj]

She left the engine idling for a few seconds before she turned it off.

The cars idled in traffic. [+ obj]

idle an engine

to spend time doing nothing or nothing useful [no obj]

A group of boys idled in the doorway. [+ obj]

+ away

We idled away the evening playing cards.

[+ obj] US :to cause (someone or something) to stop working :to make (someone or something) idle

The factory closed, idling several hundred workers.

Thousands of workers have been idled by the bad economy.

The factory has been idled by the strike.

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