idle :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

n. the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling; "the car engine was running at idle"

v. run disconnected or idle; "the engine is idling"

v. be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning"

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idle

adj. not in action or at work; "an idle laborer"; "idle drifters"; "the idle rich"; "an idle mind"

idle, loose

adj. lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; "idle talk"; "a loose tongue"

idle, unused

adj. not in active use; "the machinery sat idle during the strike"; "idle hands"

idle, jobless, out of work

adj. not having a job; "idle carpenters"; "jobless transients"; "many people in the area were out of work"

baseless, groundless, idle, unfounded, unwarranted, wild

adj. without a basis in reason or fact; "baseless gossip"; "the allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy"

pine away, waste, languish

v. lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her husband died, she just pined away"

dormant, inactive

adj. (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct ; "a dormant volcano"

erroneous

adj. containing or characterized by error; "erroneous conclusions"

false

adj. designed to deceive; "a suitcase with a false bottom"

faulty, incorrect, wrong

adj. characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules; "he submitted a faulty report"; "an incorrect transcription"; the wrong side of the road"

incorrect

adj. (of a word or expression) not agreeing with grammatical principles

undue, unjustified, unwarranted

adj. lacking justification or authorization; "desire for undue private profit"; "unwarranted limitations of personal freedom"

irrational

adj. not consistent with or using reason; "irrational fears"; "irrational animals"

mentally ill, unsound, unstable

adj. suffering from severe mental illness; "of unsound mind"

indefensible

adj. not able to be protected against attack

absurd

adj. inconsistent with reason or logic or common sense; "the absurd predicament of seeming to argue that virtue is highly desirable but intensely unpleasant"- Walter Lippman

asinine, fatuous, inane, mindless, vacuous

adj. devoid of intelligence

illogical, unlogical

adj. lacking in correct logical relation

unattested

adj. not bearing the signature of a witness: "an unwitnessed legal document"

unestablished

adj. not established; "a reputation as yet unestablished"

unproved, unproven

adj. not proved; "unproved allegations"; "unproved assumptions"

invalid

adj. "a false start"; "a false alarm"

easy, undemanding

adj. not demanding; requiring little if any patience or effort or skill; "the pay was adequate and the job undemanding"; "simple undemanding affection"; "an undemanding boss"

shut down, closed, shut-down

adj. with shutters closed

fallow

adj. left unplowed and unseeded during a growing season; "fallow farmland"

strikebound

adj. closed or immobilized by a strike; "a strikebound airline"

discharged, dismissed, fired, laid-off, pink-slipped

adj. having lost your job

single-handed, unassisted, unbacked

adj. unsupported by other people

uncorroborated, unsubstantiated

adj. unsupported by other evidence

run

v. be operating, running or functioning; "The car is still running--turn it off!"

work

v. exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity; "I will work hard to improve my grades"; "she worked hard for better living conditions for the poor"

busy

adj. actively or fully engaged or occupied; "busy with her work"; "a busy man"; "too busy to eat lunch"

active

adj. full of activity or engaged in continuous activity; "an active seaport"; "an active bond market"; "an active account"

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