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.