IDLE
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I"dle (?), a. [Compar. Idler (?); superl. Idlest.] [OE. idel, AS. &ī;del vain, empty, useless; akin to OS. &ī;dal, D. ijdel, OHG. &ī;tal vain, empty, mere, G. eitel, Dan. & Sw. idel mere, pure, and prob. to Gr. &unr_; clear, pure, &unr_; to burn. Cf. Ether.] 1. Of no account; useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable; thoughtless; silly; barren. “Deserts idle.” Shak.
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Every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
Matt. xii. 36.
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Down their idle weapons dropped.
Milton.
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This idle story became important.
Macaulay.
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2. Not called into active service; not turned to appropriate use; unemployed; as, idle hours.
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The idle spear and shield were high uphing.
Milton.
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3. Not employed; unoccupied with business; inactive; doing nothing; as, idle workmen.
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Why stand ye here all the day idle?
Matt. xx. 6.
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4. Given rest and ease; averse to labor or employment; lazy; slothful; as, an idle fellow.
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5. Light-headed; foolish. [Obs.] Ford.
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Idle pulley (Mach.), a pulley that rests upon a belt to tighten it; a pulley that only guides a belt and is not used to transmit power. -- Idle wheel (Mach.), a gear wheel placed between two others, to transfer motion from one to the other without changing the direction of revolution. -- In idle, in vain. [Obs.] “God saith, thou shalt not take the name of thy Lord God in idle.” Chaucer.
Syn. -- Unoccupied; unemployed; vacant; inactive; indolent; sluggish; slothful; useless; ineffectual; futile; frivolous; vain; trifling; unprofitable; unimportant. -- Idle, Indolent, Lazy. A propensity to inaction is expressed by each of these words; they differ in the cause and degree of this characteristic. Indolent denotes an habitual love to ease, a settled dislike of movement or effort; idle is opposed to busy, and denotes a dislike of continuous exertion. Lazy is a stronger and more contemptuous term than indolent.
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I"dle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Idled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Idling (?).] To lose or spend time in inaction, or without being employed in business. Shak.
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I"dle, v. t. To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume; -- often followed by away; as, to idle away an hour a day.
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