idle

Adjective

• 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
    

• not in active use
  • the machinery sat idle during the strike
    
  • idle hands
    

• without a basis in reason or fact
  • baseless gossip
    
  • the allegations proved groundless
    
  • idle fears
    
  • unfounded suspicions
    
  • unwarranted jealousy
    

• not in action or at work
  • an idle laborer
    
  • idle drifters
    
  • the idle rich
    
  • an idle mind
    

Noun

• the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling
  • the car engine was running at idle
    

Verb

• be idle; exist in a changeless situation
  • The old man sat and stagnated on his porch
    
  • He slugged in bed all morning
    

• run disconnected or idle
  • the engine is idling
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  jobless , out of work , dead , loose , light , unused , baseless , groundless , unfounded , unwarranted , wild , laze , slug , stagnate , tick over
• Antonyms: 
  busy , work , run