Idle (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Silly or trivial; "idle pleasure"; "light banter"; "light idle chatter".
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Meaning 2
Not yielding a return; "dead capital"; "idle funds".
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Meaning 3
Not in action or at work; "an idle laborer"; "idle drifters"; "the idle rich"; "an idle mind".
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Meaning 4
Lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; "idle talk"; "a loose tongue".
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Meaning 5
Not having a job; "idle carpenters"; "jobless transients"; "many people in the area were out of work".
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Meaning 6
Without a basis in reason or fact; "baseless gossip"; "the allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy".
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Meaning 7
Not in active use; "the machinery sat idle during the strike"; "idle hands".
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