Idle

adjective

'aɪdəl

Adjective

not in active use
“the machinery sat idle during the strike”
“idle hands”
Similar:Unused
silly or trivial
“idle pleasure”
“light idle chatter”
Similar:Light
not having a job
“idle carpenters”
Similar:Jobless
without a basis in reason or fact
“idle fears”
Similar:BaselessGroundlessUnfoundedUnwarrantedWild
lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility
“idle talk”
Similar:Loose
not yielding a return
“idle funds”
Similar:Dead
not in action or at work
“an idle laborer”
“idle drifters”
“the idle rich”
See also:UneffectiveUnemployedIneffective

the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling
“the car engine was running at idle”
Type of:Operation