How to pronounce “idle”

Meaning

• [Adjective]
• (obsolete) Empty, vacant.
• Not being used appropriately; not occupied; (of time) with no, no important, or not much activity.
• Not engaged in any occupation or employment; unemployed; inactive; doing nothing in particular.
• Averse to work, labor or employment; lazy; slothful.
• Of no importance; useless; worthless; vain; trifling; thoughtless; silly.
• (obsolete) Light-headed; foolish.
• [Verb]
• (transitive) To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume.
• (intransitive) To lose or spend time doing nothing, or without being employed in business.
• (intransitive) Of an engine: to run at a slow speed, or out of gear; to tick over.
• (transitive) To cause (an engine) to idle(3)
• [Noun]
• The state of idling, of being idle.
• (mechanical engineering) The lowest selectable thrust or power setting of an engine.
• (gaming) An idle animation.
• (gaming) An idle game.

Practice Nearby Words

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Similar Sounds

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