idle in English

adjective

1

(especially of a machine or factory) not active or in use.

assembly lines standing idle for lack of spare parts

synonyms: inactive, unused, unoccupied, unemployed, disused, not in use, out of use, out of action, inoperative, nonfunctioning, out of service

2

without purpose or effect; pointless.

he did not want to waste valuable time in idle chatter

synonyms: frivolous, trivial, trifling, vain, minor, petty, lightweight, shallow, superficial, insignificant, unimportant, worthless, paltry, niggling, peripheral, inane, fatuous, unnecessary, time-wasting

verb

1

(of a person) spend time doing nothing; be idle.

four men were idling outside the shop

synonyms: do nothing, be inactive, vegetate, take it easy, mark time, twiddle one's thumbs, kill time, languish, laze, lounge, loll, loaf, loiter, hang around, veg out, bum around, lollygag

adjective

lazy, indolent, slothful, work-shy, shiftless, inactive, sluggish, lethargic, listless, slack, lax, lackadaisical, good-for-nothing, otiose
unemployed, jobless, out-of-work, redundant, between jobs, workless, unwaged, unoccupied
inactive, unused, unoccupied, unemployed, disused, not in use, out of use, out of action, inoperative, nonfunctioning, out of service
unoccupied, spare, empty, vacant, unfilled, available
frivolous, trivial, trifling, vain, minor, petty, lightweight, shallow, superficial, insignificant, unimportant, worthless, paltry, niggling, peripheral, inane, fatuous, unnecessary, time-wasting
empty, meaningless, pointless, worthless, vain, hollow, insubstantial, futile, ineffective, ineffectual, groundless, baseless
wild, unwarranted, unfounded, baseless, groundless
unused
dead
jobless, out of work
light
loose

verb

do nothing, run in neutral, slug, tick over
do nothing, be inactive, vegetate, take it easy, mark time, twiddle one's thumbs, kill time, languish, laze, lounge, loll, loaf, loiter, hang around, veg out, bum around, lollygag
run in neutral, run
slug, laze, stagnate
tick over

Use "idle" in a sentence

1. Currently Idle

2. Current idle period

3. Maximum idle period

4. Idle, ye say.

5. No idle chatter.

6. Idle young, needy old.

7. Like an idle king.

8. Idle adjusting screw – type: ... |

9. But not idle waiting.

10. Number of idle adjustment points

11. Bee FActory - Idle Honey Tycoon

12. Number of idle adjustment points: ...

13. “Les Parau Parau” (Idle Rumors)

14. Don't idle away your time.

15. Don't listen to idle tales.

16. Idle folks lack no excuses.

17. This was not idle curiosity.

18. Back away from idle threats.

19. Idle young, needy age [old].

20. Idle folks have most labour.

21. Satan, who finds work for idle hands to do, also fills idle minds with fruitless speculation.

22. The mechanism of backfire in idle condition is theoretically analyzed and the idle control strategy is studied.

23. Ashʹer sat idle at the seashore,

24. I can't afford to be idle.

25. 4 Idle hands will cause poverty,+

26. & Ignore idle detection for tiny breaks

27. Those funds should not remain idle.

28. No need to adjust idle speed.

29. The idle, however, never Achieveth success

30. Those funds should not remain idle

31. This is the current idle time

32. The rich lived in idle luxury.

33. Don't distract me with idle chatter.

34. Inactivity turns desires into idle fantasies.

35. Half these factories now stand idle.

36. Silly thoughts come from idle people.

37. It was just an idle threat .

38. The teacher flayed the idle students.

39. Bibble-babble definition is - idle talk : babble

40. Adjustable magnetic conveyor for an idle station

41. 7 The great Adversary is not idle.

42. Many people were idle during the depression.

43. An idle soul shall suffer hunger. 

44. In idle moments, he carved wooden figures.

45. Provided is a device for judging abnormality of an idle control system wherein abnormality of an idle control system for controlling idle operation of an internal combustion engine can be judged precisely.

46. She's a great one for idle gossip .

47. Bavardage translate: chatting, idle chatter, chit-chat

48. Interpacket gap is idle time between packets.

49. Get out of bed , you idle slob!

50. My father does not make idle threats.