Definition of Idle

Noun

• the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling
  "the car engine was running at idle"
  

Verb

• be idle
  exist in a changeless situation
  "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"
  "He slugged in bed all morning"
  laze slug stagnate
• run disconnected or idle
  "the engine is idling"
  - tick over

Adjective

• not having a job
  "idle carpenters"
  "jobless transients"
  "many people in the area were out of work"
  jobless - out of work
• not yielding a return
  "dead capital"
  "idle funds"
  dead
• lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility
  "idle talk"
  "a loose tongue"
  loose
• silly or trivial
  "idle pleasure"
  "light banter"
  "light idle chatter"
  light
• not in active use
  "the machinery sat idle during the strike"
  "idle hands"
  unused
• without a basis in reason or fact
  "baseless gossip"
  "the allegations proved groundless"
  "idle fears"
  "unfounded suspicions"
  "unwarranted jealousy"
  baseless groundless unfounded unwarranted wild
• not in action or at work
  "an idle laborer"
  "idle drifters"
  "the idle rich"
  "an idle mind"
  

Word games points for the Idle

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Unscramble idle

21 unscramble word found using the letters idle.

de, dei, deil, del, deli, di, die, diel, ed, eild, el, eld, id, ide, idle, led, lei, li, lid, lie, lied,