• run disconnected or Idle; "the engine is idling"
• be Idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning"
• not in active use; "the machinery sat Idle during the strike"; "Idle hands"
• not in action or at work; "an Idle laborer"; "Idle drifters"; "the Idle rich"; "an Idle mind"
• not having a job; "Idle carpenters"; "jobless transients"; "many people in the area were out of work"
• not yielding a return; "dead capital"; "Idle funds"
• lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; "Idle talk"; "a loose tongue"
• silly or trivial; "Idle pleasure"; "light banter"; "light Idle chatter"
• without a basis in reason or fact; "baseless gossip"; "the allegations proved groundless"; "Idle fears"; "unfounded suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy"

'Idle' in other languages