idle

[aɪdl]

Definition:
1. Not in action or at work.
2. Not working hard.
3. Not in use.

Use 'idle' in a sentence:

• 1. He idled the time away in dreamy thought.
• 2. I never met such an idle bunch of workers in all my life!
• 3. It was just an idle threat.
• 4. She left the car idling at the roadside.
• 5. They idled the days away, talking and watching television.
• 6. Over ten per cent of the workforce is now idle.
• 7. She's a great one for idle gossip.
• 8. The car engine was running at idle.
• 9. Beyond a stand of trees a small plane idled.
• 10. It was more of an idle threat than anything.
• 11. We talked idly about magazines and baseball.
• 12. Employees have been idle almost a month because of shortages.
• 13. Brian kept up the idle chatter for another five minutes.
• 14. We were not idly sitting around.
• 15. Lily idled on the window seat.
• 16. Now the machine is lying idle.
• 17. 4,000 workers have been idle for 12 of the first 27 weeks of this year.