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(satellite adjective) not in active use; "the machinery sat idle during the strike"; "idle hands" |
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Synonyms: unused |
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(adjective) not in action or at work; "an idle laborer"; "idle drifters"; "the idle rich"; "an idle mind" |
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Antonyms: busy |
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(satellite adjective) not having a job; "idle carpenters"; "jobless transients"; "many people in the area were out of work" |
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Synonyms: jobless, out of work |
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(verb) run disconnected or idle; "the engine is idling" |
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Antonyms: run |
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(verb) spent time in idleness |
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Synonyms: laze, stagnate |
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Related Words: arse about, arse around, bum about, bum around, daydream, frig around, lie about, lie around, loaf, loll, loll around, lounge about, lounge around, moon, moon around, moon on, ride the bench, warm the bench, waste one's time |
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Antonyms: work |
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(satellite adjective) lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; "idle talk"; "a loose tongue" |
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Synonyms: loose |
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(satellite adjective) silly or trivial; "idle pleasure"; "light banter"; "light idle chatter" |
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Synonyms: light |
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(satellite adjective) not yielding a return; "dead capital"; "idle funds" |
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Synonyms: dead |
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(satellite adjective) without a basis in reason or fact; "baseless gossip"; "the allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy" |
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Synonyms: baseless, groundless, unfounded, unwarranted |
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