be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning";
not in active use; "the machinery sat idle during the strike"; "idle hands";
not in action or at work; "an idle laborer"; "idle drifters"; "the idle rich"; "an idle mind";
not having a job; "idle carpenters"; "jobless transients"; "many people in the area were out of work";
not yielding a return; "dead capital"; "idle funds";
lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; "idle talk"; "a loose tongue";
silly or trivial; "idle pleasure"; "light banter"; "light idle chatter";
without a basis in reason or fact; "baseless gossip"; "the allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy";
