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'idle' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'idle' with 16 example sentences.


idle adjective

: not in action or at work

: without a basis in reason or fact

: not in active use

: silly or trivial

: lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility

: not yielding a return

: not having a job

idle verb

: run disconnected or idle

: be idle; exist in a changeless situation

idle noun

: the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling


  • That's just idle speculation. We don't know what really happened.
  • Let us not waste our time in idle discourse!
  • This is just an idle threat.
  • The factory has been lying idle for a year.
  • He is ashamed of having been idle in his youth.
  • Idle hands are the Internet's workshop.
  • The engine stopped while it was idling.
  • She looks down on people who are idle.
  • Some boys are diligent, others are idle.
  • You are idle to the bone.
  • I spent idle days during the vacation.
  • Do not idle away your youth or you will regret it later.
  • He tends to be idle.
  • The rain kept the baseball team idle yesterday.
  • It is absurd to idle away the student life.
  • The machines are idle now.
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