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idle  adj 
1 unemployed or unoccupied; inactive 
2 not operating or being used 
3 (of money) not being used to earn interest or dividends 
4 not wanting to work; lazy 
5 frivolous or trivial 
idle pleasures  
6 ineffective or powerless; fruitless; vain 
7 without basis; unfounded  vb 
8 to waste or pass (time) fruitlessly or inactively 
he idled the hours away  
9 to loiter or move aimlessly 
10 (of a shaft, etc.) to turn without doing useful work 
11  (Also (Brit.))  tick over (of an engine) to run at low speed with the transmission disengaged 
12  (U.S. and Canadian) to cause to be inactive or unemployed 
 (Old English idel; compare Old High German ital empty, vain) 
♦  idleness  n 
♦  idly  adv