idle

About 7.09 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Empty, vacant.
2. adjective Not being used appropriately; not occupied; (of time) with no, no important, or not much activity.

   idle hours

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

   idle workmen

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

   an idle fellow

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

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

6. adjective Light-headed; foolish.
7. verb To spend (time) in idleness; to waste; to consume.
8. verb To lose or spend time doing nothing, or without being employed in business.

   to idle in an IRC channel

Similar words

lazy indolent faineant bone-idle slothful laze stagnate lackadaisical work-shy inactive

Often followed by

and to time in for or curiosity talk speed

Word family

idled idleness idlenesses idler idles idlest idling