idle

not in action or at work

• “an idle laborer”
• “idle drifters”
• “the idle rich”
• “an idle mind”

without a basis in reason or fact

• “baseless gossip”
• “the allegations proved groundless”
• “idle fears”
• “unfounded suspicions”
• “unwarranted jealousy”

not in active use

• “the machinery sat idle during the strike”
• “idle hands”

silly or trivial

• “idle pleasure”
• “light banter”
• “light idle chatter”

lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility

• “idle talk”
• “a loose tongue”

not yielding a return

• “dead capital”
• “idle funds”

not having a job

• “idle carpenters”
• “jobless transients”
• “many people in the area were out of work”

run disconnected or idle

• “the engine is idling”

be idle; exist in a changeless situation

• “The old man sat and stagnated on his porch”
• “He slugged in bed all morning”