idle

Empty, vacant.obsolete

Not being used appropriately; not occupied; (of time) with no, no important, or not much activity.

• idle hours
• My computer hibernates after it has been idle for 30 minutes.

Not engaged in any occupation or employment; unemployed; inactive; doing nothing in particular.

• idle workmen

Averse to work, labor or employment; lazy; slothful.

• an idle fellow

Of no importance; useless; worthless; vain; trifling; thoughtless; silly.

• an idle story; idle talk; idle rumor; idle threats; idle pleasures

Light-headed; foolish.obsolete

• The youth is idle

To spend (time) in idleness; to waste; to consume.transitive

• […] the ne'er-do-anything-at-home who idled his day in immaculate attire and who was banished to Canada on a "remittance," shares his pork and beans with the sourdough, who has scratched rocks and sifted black sand from his infancy.
• While idling the hours I trace verses / On the inside of wrappers embellishing cans Of Bordeaux mackerel, caught in Monterey.

To lose or spend time doing nothing, or without being employed in business.intransitive

• to idle in an IRC channel

Of an engine: to run at a slow speed, or out of gear; to tick over.intransitive

• When train heating is in operation the diesel engine is arranged to idle at 550 r.p.m. which is the minimum at which the generator will deliver its full rated output.
• High levels of all pollutants were found during time idling in stations.

To cause (an engine) to idle (run at a slow speed, or out of gear).transitive

• The driver idled his engine until the car finally stalled.

To make (workers, students, etc) idle; to leave without work.transitive

• [L]ayoffs idled 1,900 workers in Ohio and 1,000 in Indiana. At the same time, an Indiana assembly plant recalled 1,200 workers.

The state of idling, of being idle.

The lowest selectable thrust or power setting of an engine.

• a lumpy idle
• A slight valve tap was audible at idle but was not noticeable otherwise.

An idle animation.

An idle game.