idle
adj 1: not in action or at work; "an idle laborer"; "idle
drifters"; "the idle rich"; "an idle mind" [ant: {busy}]
2: without a basis in reason or fact; "baseless gossip"; "the
allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded
suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy" [syn: {baseless}, {groundless},
{unfounded}, {unwarranted}]
3: not in active use; "the machinery sat idle during the
strike"; "idle hands" [syn: {unused}]
4: silly or trivial; "idle pleasure"; "light banter"; "light
idle chatter" [syn: {light}]
5: lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; "idle talk";
"a loose tongue" [syn: {loose}]
6: not yielding a return; "dead capital"; "idle funds" [syn: {dead}]
7: not having a job; "idle carpenters"; "jobless transients";
"many people in the area were out of work" [syn: {jobless},
{out of work}]
v 1: run disconnected or idle; "the engine is idling" [ant: {run}]
2: spent time in idleness [syn: {laze}, {stagnate}] [ant: {work}]