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Definition 1:
Not working, active, or being used .
Examples:
idle workers [=workers who do not have jobs]
The company’s competitor’s have not been idle [=they have been active/busy] in recent months.
The factory has been lying/sitting/standing idle [=has not been used] for the past year.
The idle rich [=rich people who do not have to work]
Definition 2:
Not having any real purpose or value .
Examples:
idle rumors/gossip
There has been a lot of idle speculation about what might happen, but no one really knows.
(formal) It is idle [=useless, pointless] to want what you cannot have.
She said she would leave him, but he knew it was an idle threat. [=he knew that she did not mean it]
Definition 3:
Not having much activity .
Examples:
The idle days of summer
Definition 4:
Trying to avoid work :lazy .
Examples:
A careless and idle worker
There was a group of idle boys standing on the corner.
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