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Idle definition: not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing. See examples of IDLE used in a sentence.
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Britannica Dictionary definition of IDLE. 1. : not working, active, or being used. idle workers [=workers who do not have jobs] The company's competitors have not been idle [=they have been active/busy] in recent months. The factory has been lying/sitting/standing idle [=has not been used] for the past year. the idle rich [=rich people who do ...
idle. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English i·dle1 /ˈaɪdl/ adjective 1 not working or producing anything OPP busy I cannot afford to leave the land lying idle. The whole team stood idle, waiting for the mechanic. The workers have been idle for the last six months. 2 not serious, or not done with any definite intention She was not a ...
Define idle. idle synonyms, idle pronunciation, idle translation, English dictionary definition of idle. not in use; unemployed; inactive: The lifeguard was idle ...
Idle definition: not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing. See examples of IDLE used in a sentence.
3 (of people) without work synonym unemployed Over ten percent of the workforce is now idle. 4 [usually before noun] with no particular purpose or effect; useless idle chatter/curiosity It was just an idle threat (= not serious). It is idle to pretend that their marriage is a success.
