IDLE
\ˈa͡ɪdə͡l], \ˈaɪdəl], \ˈaɪ_d_əl]\
Definitions of IDLE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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without a basis in reason or fact; "baseless gossip"; "the allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy"
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not having a job; "idle carpenters"; "jobless transients"; "many people in the area were out of work"
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not in action or at work; "an idle laborer"; "idle drifters"; "the idle rich"; "an idle mind"
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not yielding a return; "dead capital"; "idle funds"
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lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; "idle talk"; "a loose tongue"
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run disconnected or idle; "the engine is idling"
By Princeton University
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without a basis in reason or fact; "baseless gossip"; "the allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy"
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not having a job; "idle carpenters"; "jobless transients"; "many people in the area were out of work"
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not in action or at work; "an idle laborer"; "idle drifters"; "the idle rich"; "an idle mind"
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not yielding a return; "dead capital"; "idle funds"
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lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; "idle talk"; "a loose tongue"
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run disconnected or idle; "the engine is idling"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Of no account; useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable; thoughtless; silly; barren.
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Not called into active service; not turned to appropriate use; unemployed; as, idle hours.
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Not employed; unoccupied with business; inactive; doing nothing; as, idle workmen.
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Given rest and ease; averse to labor or employment; lazy; slothful; as, an idle fellow.
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Light-headed; foolish.
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To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume; - often followed by away; as, to idle away an hour a day.
By Oddity Software
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Of no account; useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable; thoughtless; silly; barren.
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Not called into active service; not turned to appropriate use; unemployed; as, idle hours.
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Not employed; unoccupied with business; inactive; doing nothing; as, idle workmen.
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Given rest and ease; averse to labor or employment; lazy; slothful; as, an idle fellow.
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Light-headed; foolish.
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To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume; - often followed by away; as, to idle away an hour a day.
By Noah Webster.
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Empty; unoccupied; unemployed; unused; useless; vain; of no importance; futile; lazy.
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To be inactive or without employment.
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To spend, or waste (time); usually with away.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Vain: trifling: unemployed: averse to labor: not occupied: useless: unimportant: unedifying.
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To spend in idleness.
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IDLER, IDLENESS.
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IDLY.
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Not occupied.
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Not employed; doing nothing; averse to labour; not occupied; unfruitful; unprofitable; of no use or importance; vain.
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To lose or spend time in inaction. To idle away, to spend in idleness.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.