not in action or at work; an idle laborer; idle drifters; the idle rich; an idle mind'

the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling; the car engine was running at idle'

without a basis in reason or fact; baseless gossip; the allegations proved groundless; idle fears; unfounded suspicions; unwarranted jealousy

[ Syn: baseless , groundless , unfounded , unwarranted , wild ]

not in active use; the machinery sat idle during the strike; idle hands

[ Syn: unused ]

silly or trivial; idle pleasure; light banter; light idle chatter

[ Syn: light ]

lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; idle talk; a loose tongue

[ Syn: loose ]

not yielding a return; dead capital; idle funds

[ Syn: dead ]

not having a job; idle carpenters; jobless transients; many people in the area were out of work

[ Syn: jobless , out of work ]

run disconnected or idle; the engine is idling

[ Syn: tick over ]

be idle; exist in a changeless situation; The old man sat and stagnated on his porch; He slugged in bed all morning

[ Syn: laze , slug , stagnate ]