idle

idle has 17 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 4.

Definitions

• superl.. Of no account; useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable; thoughtless; silly; barren.
• superl.. Not called into active service; not turned to appropriate use; unemployed; as, idle hours.
• superl.. Not employed; unoccupied with business; inactive; doing nothing; as, idle workmen.
• superl.. Given rest and ease; averse to labor or employment; lazy; slothful; as, an idle fellow.
• superl.. Light-headed; foolish.
• v. i.. To lose or spend time in inaction, or without being employed in business.
• v. t.. To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume; -- often followed by away; as, to idle away an hour a day.
• n.. the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling; "the car engine was running at idle"
• v.. run disconnected or idle; "the engine is idling"
• v.. be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning"
• a.. not in active use; "the machinery sat idle during the strike"; "idle hands"
• a.. not in action or at work; "an idle laborer"; "idle drifters"; "the idle rich"; "an idle mind"