Synonyms for idle

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1. Unused or inactive

   unoccupied, unemployed, jobless, workless, laid-off, uncultivated, untilled, fallow, vacant, deserted, not in use, not in operation, waste, barren, void, empty, abandoned, still, quiet, motionless, resting, stagnant, dormant, inert, passive, dead, untouched, rusty, gathering dust, dusty, down, out of action, at loose ends, out of a job, out of harness*, on the bum*; see also unemployed, unused 1.

   Antonyms active*, busy, engaged.

2. Empty

   pointless, baseless, rambling, vain; see futile 1, shallow 2, trivial.

3. Lazy

   indolent, shiftless, slothful; see lazy 1. See syn. study at vain.

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