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adjective
  1. not in action or at work; "an idle laborer"; "idle drifters"; "the idle rich"; "an idle mind"
     Antonyms: busy Similar: bone-idle, bone-lazy, faineant, indolent, lazy, otiose, slothful, work-shy, lackadaisical, leisured, unengaged
  2. without a basis in reason or fact; "baseless gossip"; "the allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy"
    Synonyms: baseless, groundless, unfounded, unwarranted Similar: unsupported
  3. not in active use; "the machinery sat idle during the strike"; "idle hands"
    Synonyms: unused Similar: inactive
verb
  1. run disconnected or idle; "the engine is idling"
    Synonyms: tick over Antonyms: run
  2. be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning"
    Synonyms: laze, slug, stagnate Antonyms: work

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