Idle(superl.) Of no account; useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable; thoughtless; silly; barren.
Idle(superl.) Not called into active service; not turned to appropriate use; unemployed; as, idle hours.
Idle(superl.) Not employed; unoccupied with business; inactive; doing nothing; as, idle workmen.
Idle(superl.) Given rest and ease; averse to labor or employment; lazy; slothful; as, an idle fellow.
Idle(superl.) Light-headed; foolish.
Idle(v. i.) To lose or spend time in inaction, or without being employed in business.
Idle(v. t.) To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume; -- often followed by away; as, to idle away an hour a day.
Idled(imp. & p. p.) of Idle
Idleness(n.) The condition or quality of being idle (in the various senses of that word); uselessness; fruitlessness; triviality; inactivity; laziness.
Idling(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Idle
Idly(adv.) In a idle manner; ineffectually; vainly; lazily; carelessly; (Obs.) foolishly.
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