idle
adjective
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(Definition of idle from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)idle | Business English
idle
adjective
uk
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Examples of idle
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A private individual would not have a lot of wasters idling their time away, because he could not afford it.
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Do they then record at the time when the engine is merely idling, but the vehicle standing still?
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What sense is there in old men remaining at work, while young men are idling about the street corners?
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The men who are now out, idling, want to be back in uniform, doing their duty to the country.
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A lot of that idling among workmen, which is unfairly described, is the idling of people who are overworked.
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Most pollution caused by vehicles occurs when they are idling in traffic jams and then moving forward a few yards.
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I regret to say, delinquent young people who are unfortunately idling in the market place.
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They see men idling, and men drawing out their work on board ships to get overtime and draw very high wages—far higher wages than anything they could possibly earn themselves.
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