idle
[aɪdl]
Definition:
1. Not in action or at work.
2. Not working hard.
3. Not in use.
'idle' example sentence:
- He idled the time away in dreamy thought.
- I never met such an idle bunch of workers in all my life!
- It was just an idle threat.
- She left the car idling at the roadside.
- They idled the days away, talking and watching television.
- Over ten per cent of the workforce is now idle.
- She's a great one for idle gossip.
- The car engine was running at idle.
- Beyond a stand of trees a small plane idled.
- It was more of an idle threat than anything.
- We talked idly about magazines and baseball.
- Employees have been idle almost a month because of shortages.
- Brian kept up the idle chatter for another five minutes.
- We were not idly sitting around.
- Lily idled on the window seat.
- Now the machine is lying idle.
- 4,000 workers have been idle for 12 of the first 27 weeks of this year.