| idle | (adjective) not in action or at work | - |
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| (adjective) silly or trivial | Synonyms: light |
| (adjective) not in active use | Synonyms: unused |
| (adjective) lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility | Synonyms: loose |
| (adjective) not having a job | Synonyms: jobless, out of work |
| (adjective) not yielding a return | Synonyms: dead |
| (adjective) without a basis in reason or fact | Synonyms: baseless, groundless, unfounded, unwarranted, wild |
| (noun) the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling | - |
| (verb) run disconnected or idle | Synonyms: tick over |
| (verb) be idle; exist in a changeless situation | Synonyms: laze, slug, stagnate |
| idleness | (noun) having no employment | Synonyms: idling, loafing |
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| (noun) the trait of being idle out of a reluctance to work | Synonyms: faineance |
| (noun) the quality of lacking substance or value | Synonyms: groundlessness |
| idler | (noun) person who does no work | Synonyms: bum, do-nothing, layabout, loafer |
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