Definition of idle
(adj)
not in
action or at work; "an
idle laborer"; "idle drifters"; "the
idle rich"; "an
idle mind"
without a
basis in
reason or fact; "baseless gossip"; "the allegations
proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy"
silly or trivial; "idle pleasure"; "light banter"; "light
idle chatter"
not
yielding a return; "dead capital"; "idle funds"
not having a job; "idle carpenters"; "jobless transients"; "many
people in the
area were out of work"
be idle;
exist in a
changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning"