| ADJECTIVE | all | idle | not in action or at work |
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| all | idle, baseless, groundless, unfounded, unwarranted, wild | without a basis in reason or fact | |
| all | idle, unused | not in active use | |
| all | idle, light | silly or trivial | |
| all | idle, loose | lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility | |
| all | idle, dead | not yielding a return | |
| all | idle, jobless, out of work | not having a job | |
| VERB | contact | idle, tick over | run disconnected or idle |
| social | idle, laze, slug, stagnate | be idle | |
| NOUN | state | idle | the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling |
| Sounds | ay'dahl | |
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| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | not in action or at work. | |
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| Narrower | bone-idle, bone-lazy | constitutionally lazy or idle |
| faineant, indolent, lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shy | disinclined to work or exertion | |
| lackadaisical | idle or indolent especially in a dreamy way | |
| leisured | Free from duties or responsibilities | |
| unengaged | not busy or occupied | |
| See also | ineffective, uneffective, ineffectual | not producing an intended effect |
| unemployed | not engaged in a gainful occupation | |
| Opposite | busy | actively or fully engaged or occupied |
| Spanish | desempleado, desocupado, parado | |
| Catalan | aturat, desocupat, parat | |
| Nouns | idleness | the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work |
| Adverbs | idly | in an idle manner |
| Meaning | Without a basis in reason or fact. | |
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| Example | "idle fears" | |
| Synonyms | baseless, groundless, unfounded, unwarranted, wild | |
| Broader | unsupported | not sustained or maintained by nonmaterial aid |
| Spanish | infundada, infundado | |
| Catalan | immotivat, infundat | |
| Nouns | idleness | the quality of lacking substance or value |
| Meaning | not in active use. | |
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| Synonym | unused | |
| Broader | inactive | lacking activity |
| Spanish | parado | |
| Catalan | aturat, parat | |
| Nouns | idleness | having no employment / employment |
| Meaning | Silly or trivial. | |
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| Synonym | light | |
| Broader | frivolous | not serious in content or attitude or behavior |
| Meaning | lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility. | |
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| Example | "idle talk" | |
| Synonym | loose | |
| Broader | irresponsible | showing lack of care for consequences |
| Spanish | insustancial | |
| Meaning | not yielding a return. | |
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| Example | "idle funds" | |
| Synonym | dead | |
| Broader | unprofitable | producing little or no profit or gain |
| Spanish | desocupado, muerto | |
| Meaning | not having a job. | |
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| Example | "idle carpenters" | |
| Synonyms | jobless, out of work | |
| Broader | unemployed | not engaged in a gainful occupation |
| Spanish | desempleado, inempleado, parado | |
| Nouns | idleness | having no employment / employment |
| Meaning | The state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling. | |
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| Example | "the car engine was running at idle" | |
| Broader | operation | The state of being in effect or being operative |
| Meaning | Run disconnected or idle. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonym | tick over | |
| Opposite | run | Be operating, running or functioning |
| Meaning | Be idle; exist in a changeless situation. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | laze, slug, stagnate | |
| Narrower | bum, bum around, bum about, arse around, arse about, fuck off, loaf, frig around, waste one's time, lounge around, loll, loll around, lounge about | Be lazy or idle |
| daydream, moon | Have dreamlike musings or fantasies while awake | |
| lie about, lie around | hang around idly | |
| moon, moon around, moon on | Be idle in a listless or dreamy way | |
| ride the bench, warm the bench | Be out of the game / game / game | |
| Opposite | work | Exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity |
| Spanish | gandulear, haraganear, holgazanear | |
| Catalan | gandulejar, mandrejar | |
| Nouns | idler | person who does no work |
| idling | having no employment / employment | |
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