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idle
     adj 1: not in action or at work; "an idle laborer"; "idle
            drifters"; "the idle rich"; "an idle mind" [ant: {busy}]
     2: without a basis in reason or fact; "baseless gossip"; "the
        allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded
        suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy" [syn: {baseless}, {groundless},
         {unfounded}, {unwarranted}]
     3: not in active use; "the machinery sat idle during the
        strike"; "idle hands" [syn: {unused}]
     4: silly or trivial; "idle pleasure"; "light banter"; "light
        idle chatter" [syn: {light}]
     5: lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; "idle talk";
        "a loose tongue" [syn: {loose}]
     6: not yielding a return; "dead capital"; "idle funds" [syn: {dead}]
     7: not having a job; "idle carpenters"; "jobless transients";
        "many people in the area were out of work" [syn: {jobless},
         {out of work}]
     v 1: run disconnected or idle; "the engine is idling" [syn: {tick
          over}] [ant: {run}]
     2: be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat
        and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all
        morning" [syn: {laze}, {slug}, {stagnate}] [ant: {work}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0


IDLE
     International Date Line, East [+1200] (TZ)
     
     
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