Other Words for Idle

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Idle as a Adjective has these synonyms:

bootless, fruitless, unproductive, abortive, unfruitful, pointless, vain, trifling, trivial, shallow, nugatory, superficial, insignificant, meaningless, senseless, unimportant, frivolous, worthless,eless, otiose, unavailing, futile
Example: We were passing the time at the pub in idle chatter when Michael walked in. He had no factual information to offer, only idle speculation.

indolent, lazy, listless, lethargic, loafing, slothful, shiftless, lackadaisical, loitering
Example: Since winning the lottery, Crouch has become one of the idle rich.

laze (about), loiter, kill time, loaf, loll, lounge, take it easy, potter or putter about or away, mess about, fool away, fool around or about, muck about, bugger about, lallygag or lollygag, goof off or around
Example: Stop idling and get down to work.

Idle as a Noun has these synonyms:

unemployed, out of work, redundant, jobless, workless, at leisure, at liberty, between assignments, resting, on the beach
Example: Unable to find work, Gilbert has been idle for a year.

unused, inactive, unoccupied, non-operative, stationary
Example: The looms were idle for months. The devil finds work for idle hands.

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