idle

Words with a similar base: idle

'idle'

[idle.n.01] as in: the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling

Examples:
the car engine was running at idle

idle, idle, idle, idle, baseless, idle, idle, idle, dead, idle

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operation, entity

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baseless, dead, idle, malfunction

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'idle'

[idle.v.01] as in: run disconnected or idle

Examples:
the engine is idling

idle, idle, idle, idle, baseless, idle, idle, idle, dead, idle

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run, test, footrace, streak, run, run, run, run, run, run, rivulet, political_campaign, run, discharge, run, run, run, scat, run, operate, run, run, function, range, campaign, play, run, tend, run, run, run, run, prevail, run, run, carry, run, guide, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, run, ply, hunt, race, move, melt, ladder, run

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affair, baseless, bring, busy, campaign, carry, cultivate, dead, discharge, employment, exercise, exploit, ferment, footrace, function, guide, hunt, idle, influence, interfering, knead, ladder, make, malfunction, melt, move, oeuvre, officiate, operate, play, ply, political_campaign, prevail, race, range, rivulet, routine, run, scat, serve, shape, solve, sour, streak, study, tend, test, work, workplace

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'idle'

[idle.v.02] as in: be idle; exist in a changeless situation

Examples:
The old man sat and stagnated on his porch
He slugged in bed all morning

idle, idle, idle, idle, baseless, idle, idle, idle, dead, idle, bullet, slug, slug, sluggard, slug, type_slug, slug, punch, slug, stagnate, stagnate, stagnate

idler, idle, baseless, idle, idle, idle, dead, idle, idleness, idle, idle, bullet, slug, slug, sluggard, slug, type_slug, slug, punch, slug, stagnation, stagnation

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work, work, employment, study, work, workplace, oeuvre, work, work, work, function, work, exercise, make, work, work, work, bring, work, cultivate, work, influence, work, work, work, work, shape, work, knead, exploit, solve, ferment, sour, work

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moon, bum, lie_about, ride_the_bench, daydream

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'idle'

[idle.a.01] as in: not in action or at work

Examples:
an idle laborer
idle drifters
the idle rich
an idle mind

idle, idle, idle, idle, baseless, idle, idle, idle, dead, idle

ineffective, unemployed, leisured, faineant, bone-idle, unengaged, lackadaisical, idleness, groundlessness, faineance

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busy, busy, busy, interfering, busy, busy

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ardor, arouse, baseless, bring, burn, busy, campaign, carry, cultivate, dead, discharge, displace, employment, exercise, exploit, ferment, fire, footrace, fuel, function, guide, hunt, idle, ineffective, influence, interfering, knead, ladder, make, malfunction, melt, move, oeuvre, open_fire, operate, play, ply, political_campaign, prevail, race, range, rivulet, run, scat, shape, solve, sour, streak, study, tend, test, unemployed, unemployed_people, work, workplace

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'idle'

[baseless.s.01] as in: without a basis in reason or fact

Examples:
baseless gossip
the allegations proved groundless
idle fears
unfounded suspicions
unwarranted jealousy

baseless, idle, idle, idle, idle, idle, idle, idle, dead, idle, indefensible, undue, wild, wilderness, wild, wild, wild, wild, violent, raving_mad, hazardous, fantastic, godforsaken, crazy, barbarian, angry, rampantly, wild

unsupported, idleness, groundlessness, faineance

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angry, barbarian, baseless, contradict, crazy, dead, fantastic, godforsaken, hazardous, idle, malfunction, negate, neutralize, rampantly, raving_mad, unsupported, violent, wild, wilderness

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'idle'

[idle.s.02] as in: not in active use

Examples:
the machinery sat idle during the strike
idle hands

idle, idle, idle, idle, baseless, idle, idle, idle, dead, idle, fresh, unused, unused

inactive, idleness, groundlessness, faineance

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abeyant, baseless, calm, dead, dormant, extinct, hushed, idle, inactive, lull, malfunction, nonoperational, passive, passive_voice, placid, quiet, quieten, quietly, repose, silence, stative, tranquillity

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'idle'

[idle.s.03] as in: silly or trivial

Examples:
idle pleasure
light banter
light idle chatter

idle, idle, idle, idle, baseless, idle, idle, idle, dead, idle, light, light, light, luminosity, light, light, light, light, light, light, sparkle, light, inner_light, light, lighter, light, light_up, alight, ignite, fall, unhorse, light, light, light, light, light, light, unaccented, light, light, clean, light, light, light, light, faint, light, abstemious, light, light, light, light, light, light, easy, lightly

frivolous, elation, lightness, agility, lightness, light, lightsomeness

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abstemious, agility, alight, baseless, clean, day, dead, easy, elation, erupt, faint, fall, frivolous, idle, ignite, inflame, inner_light, light, light_up, lighter, lightly, lightness, lightsomeness, luminosity, malfunction, playful, sidereal_day, sparkle, unaccented, unhorse

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'idle'

[idle.s.04] as in: lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility

Examples:
idle talk
a loose tongue

idle, idle, idle, idle, baseless, idle, idle, idle, dead, idle, free, unleash, loosen, loosen, loose, loose, loose, informal, free, lax, unaffixed, loose, loose, loose, at_large, easy, loose

irresponsible, diarrhea, looseness, looseness, looseness, looseness, profligacy

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absolve, at_large, barren, baseless, blabbermouthed, complimentary, dead, decompress, depressurize, detached, diarrhea, dislodge, distribution, easy, exempt, free, idle, informal, irresponsible, lax, leaky, loose, loosen, looseness, malfunction, profligacy, relax, release, rid, spare, tease, unaffixed, unblock, unleash, untie

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'idle'

[dead.s.07] as in: not yielding a return

Examples:
dead capital
idle funds

dead, dead, dead, dead, all_in, dead, dead, dead, dead, dead, dead, dead, dead, dead, dead, dead, dead, dead, dead, abruptly, absolutely, idle, idle, idle, idle, baseless, idle, idle, idle, idle

unprofitable

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dead

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abruptly, absolutely, all_in, baseless, commemorate, dead, idle, malfunction, read, record, recorded, unanimated, unprofitable

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'idle'

[idle.s.06] as in: not having a job

Examples:
idle carpenters
jobless transients
many people in the area were out of work

idle, idle, idle, idle, baseless, idle, idle, idle, dead, idle

unemployed, idleness, groundlessness, faineance

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idle

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ardor, arouse, baseless, burn, dead, displace, fire, fuel, idle, malfunction, open_fire, unemployed, unemployed_people

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Origins

					idle (English)
└── idel (Old English (ca. 450-1100))

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