idle
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2.8
- adjective
- /ˈaɪdəl/
:
inactivo
- Panelists travel to the host country and may spend idle days at the hotel before presenting their papers.
- remain idle
- lie idle
- idle time
And that time, you know, that idle time can be spent unwisely.
- And that time, you know, that idle time can be spent unwisely.
- What has faith that's idle, on the other hand, is not living.
- Quantum such that or so much that the idle mind runs through all things.
- I don't I don't have a lot of idle time.
- Might need to, but no, as long as it'll sit idle.
- So, but what we're not doing is charging the company for the time the vehicle sits idle.
- And it sounds like maybe at first when he got into the home with the wife and she was making the loot that he had these idle hands onward.
- If businesses and customers aren't inclined to spend the additional dollars, the cash just sits idle, not contributing to GDP or to inflation.
- And he says that they imagine infinite spaces of time before the world during which God could not have been idle.
- That is, we are averse to being idle when we spend days upon days with all of our hours and nothing to show for that how we spent those hours.
- But many of you in this room right now, your beast mode is idle.
Examples
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My friends said that I needed a hobby... to fill up my idle time.
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Lincoln's congenial secretary, John Hay, sometimes shared these idle hours with him.
Academic text (2012) -
There are far too many idle men in London as it is.
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My good mayor has not been idle, gentlemen.
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It's the idle hours that most often lead a man to ruin.
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The Commissioner's office was not idle during these final weeks before the start of the season.
Academic text (1994) -
By the summer of the nation's centennial, Bill had become an idle drifter.
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Curfews were viewed as a way of keeping idle youths off the streets and out of trouble.
Academic text (1997) -
Many people become restless when they have too much idle time on their hands.
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The workers stood idle while waiting for their next assignment.
Synonyms
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1.0
A thing like a room or machine that is not active now
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2.4
Someone or something that is quiet and still and not moving
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3.4
In a low power state and not fully active
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4.4
Not busy and able to help with other tasks
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9.1
Very lazy and not willing to do any work or help
Left unused and idle, like time, land, or machines
Idle and not active, often for machines or factories
Not being used and ready for someone to use
Not working now but using little power and ready to start quickly
Not willing to work or make effort
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A wheel that presses on a belt to guide and keep it tight without powering the belt
How Active
Surface Forms
Etymology
Idle comes from an old English word idel meaning 'empty' or 'useless'. So when a person or machine is idle, they are 'not working' or 'not in use'.