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run disconnected or idle; "the engine is idling"
be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning"
not in active use; "the machinery sat idle during the strike"; "idle hands" inactive
not in action or at work; "an idle laborer"; "idle drifters"; "the idle rich"; "an idle mind" bone-idle, faineant, lackadaisical, leisured, unengaged
not having a job; "idle carpenters"; "jobless transients"; "many people in the area were out of work" unemployed
lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; "idle talk"; "a loose tongue" irresponsible
silly or trivial; "idle pleasure"; "light banter"; "light idle chatter" frivolous
not yielding a return; "dead capital"; "idle funds" unprofitable
without a basis in reason or fact; "baseless gossip"; "the allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy" unsupported


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