"idle" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈaɪd(ə)l/, /ˈʌɪdəl/ (note: Canada, idle-idol split) Audio: En-us-idle.ogg [US] Forms: more idle [comparative], most idle [superlative]
enPR: īʹd(ə)l Rhymes: -aɪdəl Etymology: From Middle English idel, ydel, from Old English īdel, from Proto-West Germanic *īdal, from Proto-Germanic *īdalaz. Cognate with Dutch ijdel (“vain, meaningless”), ijl (“rareified, skinny”), iel (“thin, slender”); German Low German iedel (“vain, idle”); German eitel (“vain, conceited”); and possibly Old Norse illr ("bad"; > English ill). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|idel}} Middle English idel, {{m|enm|ydel}} ydel, {{inh|en|ang|īdel}} Old English īdel, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*īdal}} Proto-West Germanic *īdal, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*īdalaz}} Proto-Germanic *īdalaz, {{cog|nl|ijdel|t=vain, meaningless}} Dutch ijdel (“vain, meaningless”), {{m|nl|ijl||rareified, skinny}} ijl (“rareified, skinny”), {{m|nl|iel||thin, slender}} iel (“thin, slender”), {{cog|nds-de|iedel|t=vain, idle}} German Low German iedel (“vain, idle”), {{cog|de|eitel|t=vain, conceited}} German eitel (“vain, conceited”), {{cog|non|illr}} Old Norse illr, {{cog|en|ill}} English ill, {{gloss|"bad"; > English <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">ill</i>}} ("bad"; > English ill) Head templates: {{en-adj}} idle (comparative more idle, superlative most idle)
  1. (obsolete) Empty, vacant. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-idle-en-adj-Nth0vOy0
  2. Not being used appropriately; not occupied; (of time) with no, no important, or not much activity. Translations (not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity): onaktief (Afrikaans), безде́ен (bezdéen) (Bulgarian), inactiu (Catalan), ociós [masculine] (Catalan), 閒置嘅 (Chinese Cantonese), 闲置嘅 (haan⁴ zi³ ge³) (Chinese Cantonese), 得閒嘅 (Chinese Cantonese), 得闲嘅 (dak¹ haan⁴ ge³) (Chinese Cantonese), volný (Czech), inactief (Dutch), joutilas (Finnish), luppo (Finnish), luppoaika (Finnish), inaitivo [masculine] (Galician), folgado [masculine] (Galician), lorán [masculine] (Galician), ungenutzt (German), Mußezeit [feminine] (German), Totzeit [feminine] (German), αδρανής (adranís) [masculine] (Greek), joutava (Ingrian), ozioso (Italian), inattivo (Italian), deses (Latin), ydel (Middle English), estaire (Occitan), desocupat (Occitan), inactiu (Occitan), ⁧تلفشده⁩ (talaf-šode) (Persian), ⁧بیکار⁩ (bikâr) (note: of things or people) (Persian), ⁧بیکاری⁩ (bikâri) (note: of time) (Persian), vazio (Portuguese), inapropriado (Portuguese), desocupado (Portuguese), inutilizável (Portuguese), dìomhain (Scottish Gaelic), desocupado (Spanish), ocioso (Spanish), aylak (Turkish), boş (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-idle-en-adj-QrmeDhUp Disambiguation of 'not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity': 0 51 38 5 5 1
  3. Not engaged in any occupation or employment; unemployed; inactive; doing nothing in particular. Translations (not engaged in any occupation or employment): ἀργός (argós) (Ancient Greek), ⁧عَاطِل عَن اَلْعَمَل⁩ (ʕāṭil ʕan al-ʕamal) (Arabic), неза́ет (nezáet) (Bulgarian), безрабо́тен (bezrabóten) (Bulgarian), desocupat (Catalan), aturat (Catalan), (Chinese Mandarin), (xián) (Chinese Mandarin), nečinný (Czech), nietsdoend (Dutch), joutilas (Finnish), toimeton (Finnish), oisif (French), mandrugueiro [masculine] (Galician), baldeiro [masculine] (Galician), desempregado [masculine] (Galician), დაუსაქმებელი (dausakmebeli) (Georgian), უმუშევარი (umuševari) (Georgian), untätig (German), müßig (German), άνεργος (ánergos) [masculine] (Greek), tétlen (Hungarian), joutava (Ingrian), díomhaoin (Irish), ozioso (Italian), disoccupato (Italian), inattivo (Italian), 暇な (hima na) (alt: ひまな) (Japanese), 게으르다 (geeureuda) (Korean), ōtiōsus [masculine] (Latin), paeko (Maori), ydel (Middle English), arbeidsløs (Norwegian), ociós (Occitan), desobrat (Occitan), ⁧بیکار⁩ (bikâr) (Persian), próżny (Polish), bezczynny (Polish), ocioso (Portuguese), desocupado (Portuguese), desempregado (Portuguese), qilla (Quechua), неза́нятый (nezánjatyj) (Russian), dìomhain (Scottish Gaelic), ocioso (Spanish), overksam (Swedish), ว่างงาน (wâang-ngaan) (Thai), ālase (Tocharian B), boş (Turkish), atıl (Turkish), aylak (Turkish), avare (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-idle-en-adj-EwFoPhKk Disambiguation of 'not engaged in any occupation or employment': 0 14 75 9 1 1
  4. Averse to work, labor or employment; lazy; slothful. Translations (averse to work or labor): werksku (Afrikaans), ляні́вы (ljanívy) (Belarusian), лени́в (lenív) (Bulgarian), мързели́в (mǎrzelív) [masculine] (Bulgarian), gandul [masculine] (Catalan), dropo [masculine] (Catalan), 懶散嘅 (Chinese Cantonese), 懒散嘅 (laan⁵ saan² ge³) (Chinese Cantonese), 懶惰嘅 (Chinese Cantonese), 懒惰嘅 (laan⁵ do⁶ ge³) (Chinese Cantonese), líný (Czech), laiska (Finnish), inactif (French), fainéant (French), lacazán [masculine] (Galician), nugallán [masculine] (Galician), preguiceiro [masculine] (Galician), lorán [masculine] (Galician), galfarro [masculine] (Galician), langrán [masculine] (Galician), gallofeiro (Galician), camanduleiro [masculine] (Galician), mandrugueiro [masculine] (Galician), calaceiro [masculine] (Galician), უსაქმური (usakmuri) (Georgian), უმაქნისი (umaknisi) (Georgian), მცონარა (mconara) (Georgian), უქნარა (uknara) (Georgian), faul (German), arbeitsscheu [pejorative] (German), οκνηρός (oknirós) [masculine] (Greek), άεργος (áergos) [masculine] (Greek), laiska (Ingrian), pigro (Italian), indolente (Italian), ozioso (Italian), infingardo (Italian), ōtiōsus (Latin), мрзлив (mrzliv) (Macedonian), paeko (Maori), ydel (Middle English), leniwy (Polish), preguiçoso (Portuguese), vagabundo (Portuguese), лени́вый (lenívyj) (Russian), dìomhain (Scottish Gaelic), leisg (Scottish Gaelic), lenivý (Slovak), vagabundo (Spanish), avare (Turkish), aylak (Turkish), ліни́вий (linývyj) (Ukrainian), леда́чий (ledáčyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-idle-en-adj-fiGTtSUa Disambiguation of 'averse to work or labor': 1 3 8 83 3 2
  5. Of no importance; useless; worthless; vain; trifling; thoughtless; silly. Synonyms (of no importance): pointless Translations (of no importance, worthless, useless): nutteloos (Afrikaans), напра́зен (naprázen) (Bulgarian), безполе́зен (bezpolézen) (Bulgarian), 無謂 (Chinese Cantonese), 无谓 (mou⁴ wai⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 冇意義嘅 (Chinese Cantonese), 冇意义嘅 (mou⁵ ji³ ji⁶ ge³) (Chinese Cantonese), 唔重要嘅 (m⁴ zung⁶ jiu³ ge³) (Chinese Cantonese), nepotřebný (Czech), neužitečný (Czech), nutteloos (Dutch), joutava (Finnish), oiseux (French), mandriolas [masculine] (Galician), galavardo [masculine] (Galician), estreloxo [masculine] (Galician), vao [masculine] (Galician), valuto [masculine] (Galician), nutzlos (German), müßig (German), überflüssig (German), belanglos (German), άχρηστος (áchristos) [masculine] (Greek), ανώφελος (anófelos) [masculine] (Greek), joutava (Ingrian), inutile (Italian), vano (Italian), ydel (Middle English), ⁧الکی⁩ (alaki) (Persian), inútil (Portuguese), imprestável (Portuguese), vão (Portuguese), dìomhain (Scottish Gaelic), boş (Turkish), önemsiz (Turkish), değersiz (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-idle-en-adj-H9C-sE74 Disambiguation of 'of no importance': 0 7 1 0 91 0 Disambiguation of 'of no importance, worthless, useless': 0 7 1 1 89 1
  6. (obsolete) Light-headed; foolish. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-idle-en-adj-1iCK6-ZH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun

IPA: /ˈaɪd(ə)l/, /ˈʌɪdəl/ (note: Canada, idle-idol split) Audio: En-us-idle.ogg [US] Forms: idles [plural]
enPR: īʹd(ə)l Rhymes: -aɪdəl Etymology: From Middle English idel, ydel, from Old English īdel (“idleness”), from the adjective (see above). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|idel}} Middle English idel, {{m|enm|ydel}} ydel, {{inh|en|ang|īdel|t=idleness}} Old English īdel (“idleness”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} idle (plural idles)
  1. The state of idling, of being idle.
    Sense id: en-idle-en-noun-LNVRn1c0
  2. (mechanical engineering) The lowest selectable thrust or power setting of an engine. Categories (topical): Mechanical engineering
    Sense id: en-idle-en-noun-iSf6hrGa Topics: engineering, mechanical, mechanical-engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  3. (gaming) An idle animation. Categories (topical): Gaming
    Sense id: en-idle-en-noun-fXN8Sbla Topics: games, gaming
  4. (gaming) An idle game. Categories (topical): Gaming Synonyms: idle game, incremental game
    Sense id: en-idle-en-noun-gn-z8ZUC Topics: games, gaming
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hyponyms: flight idle, ground idle
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /ˈaɪd(ə)l/, /ˈʌɪdəl/ (note: Canada, idle-idol split) Audio: En-us-idle.ogg [US] Forms: idles [present, singular, third-person], idling [participle, present], idled [participle, past], idled [past]
enPR: īʹd(ə)l Rhymes: -aɪdəl Etymology: From Middle English idelen, from Old English īdlian, from Proto-West Germanic *īdalēn. Cognate with German eiteln (“to make empty, free up”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|idelen}} Middle English idelen, {{inh|en|ang|īdlian}} Old English īdlian, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*īdalēn}} Proto-West Germanic *īdalēn, {{cog|de|eiteln|t=to make empty, free up}} German eiteln (“to make empty, free up”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} idle (third-person singular simple present idles, present participle idling, simple past and past participle idled)
  1. (transitive) To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume. Tags: transitive Translations (to spend in idleness, to waste): hanna-hanna (Afrikaans), mrhat (Czech), tuhlata (Finnish), haaskata (Finnish), lacazanear (Galician), αδρανώ (adranó) (Greek), ⁧אבטלה⁩ (avtalah) (Hebrew), perdere tempo (Italian), girare a vuoto (Italian), sprecare tempo (Italian), sciupare nell'ozio (Italian), bimbać [colloquial, imperfective] (Polish), przebimbać [colloquial, perfective] (Polish), caith (Scottish Gaelic), flojear (Spanish), boşa harcamak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-idle-en-verb-vtz~AGYN Disambiguation of 'to spend in idleness, to waste': 76 20 1 3
  2. (intransitive) To lose or spend time doing nothing, or without being employed in business. Tags: intransitive Translations (to lose or spend time doing nothing): hanna-hanna (Afrikaans), безделнича (bezdelniča) (Bulgarian), лентяйствам (lentjajstvam) (Bulgarian), vagarejar (Catalan), vagar (Catalan), zahálet (Czech), olla joutilaana (Finnish), olla vapaalla (Finnish), maleksia (Finnish), laiskotella (Finnish), idlailla (Finnish), idlata (Finnish), fainéanter (French), ouvear (Galician), τεμπελιάζω (tempeliázo) (Greek), ⁧אבטלה⁩ (avtalah) (Hebrew), henyél (Hungarian), oziare (Italian), whakapateko (Maori), whakapāeko (Maori), bimbać [colloquial, imperfective] (Polish), przebimbać [colloquial, perfective] (Polish), perder tempo (Portuguese), безде́льничать (bezdélʹničatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), vaguear (Spanish), holgazanear (Spanish), golfear (Spanish), zembea (Swahili), oyalanmak (Turkish), aylaklık etmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-idle-en-verb-v~H4C82y Disambiguation of 'to lose or spend time doing nothing': 4 92 2 3
  3. (intransitive) Of an engine: to run at a slow speed, or out of gear; to tick over. Tags: intransitive Translations (to run at a slow speed, or out of gear): luier (Afrikaans), работя на празен ход (rabotja na prazen hod) (Bulgarian), olla joutokäynnillä (Finnish), tourner au ralenti (French), être/tourner au point mort (French), girare al minimo (Italian), in folle (Italian), gå på tomgång (Swedish), boşta çalışmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-idle-en-verb-dOUvdrh1 Disambiguation of 'to run at a slow speed, or out of gear': 1 11 85 3
  4. (transitive) To cause (an engine) to idle(3) Tags: transitive Related terms (sense 3): idling speed
    Sense id: en-idle-en-verb-CKaPjmqZ Disambiguation of 'sense 3': 0 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: idler
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "word": "idle as Ludlam's dog"
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      "word": "idle asset"
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      "word": "idle hands are the Devil's playthings"
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      "expansion": "English ill",
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        "1": "\"bad\"; > English <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"en\">ill</i>"
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      "form": "more idle",
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        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most idle",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "Empty, vacant."
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      "id": "en-idle-en-adj-Nth0vOy0",
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        [
          "Empty",
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          "vacant"
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        "(obsolete) Empty, vacant."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "idle hours",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "My computer hibernates after it has been idle for 30 minutes.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Jane Bryant Quinn, Making the Most of Your Money Now",
          "text": "The majority of accounts require no minimum balance and charge no monthly service fee. Where monthly fees and balance requirements exist, they're low. You earn no interest on the idle money in the account.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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        "Not being used appropriately; not occupied; (of time) with no, no important, or not much activity."
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          "_dis1": "0 51 38 5 5 1",
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
          "word": "onaktief"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 51 38 5 5 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "bezdéen",
          "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
          "word": "безде́ен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 51 38 5 5 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
          "word": "inactiu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 51 38 5 5 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ociós"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 51 38 5 5 1",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
          "word": "閒置嘅"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 51 38 5 5 1",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "haan⁴ zi³ ge³",
          "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
          "word": "闲置嘅"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 51 38 5 5 1",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
          "word": "得閒嘅"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 51 38 5 5 1",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "dak¹ haan⁴ ge³",
          "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
          "word": "得闲嘅"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 51 38 5 5 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
          "word": "volný"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 51 38 5 5 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
          "word": "inactief"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 51 38 5 5 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
          "word": "joutilas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 51 38 5 5 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
          "word": "luppo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 51 38 5 5 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
          "word": "luppoaika"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 51 38 5 5 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "inaitivo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 51 38 5 5 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "folgado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 51 38 5 5 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lorán"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 51 38 5 5 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
          "word": "ungenutzt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 51 38 5 5 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Mußezeit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 51 38 5 5 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Totzeit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 51 38 5 5 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "adranís",
          "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "αδρανής"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 51 38 5 5 1",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
          "word": "joutava"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 51 38 5 5 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
          "word": "ozioso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 51 38 5 5 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
          "word": "inattivo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 51 38 5 5 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
          "word": "deses"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 51 38 5 5 1",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
          "word": "ydel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 51 38 5 5 1",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
          "word": "estaire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 51 38 5 5 1",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
          "word": "desocupat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 51 38 5 5 1",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
          "word": "inactiu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 51 38 5 5 1",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "talaf-šode",
          "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
          "word": "⁧تلفشده⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 51 38 5 5 1",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "note": "of things or people",
          "roman": "bikâr",
          "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
          "word": "⁧بیکار⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 51 38 5 5 1",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "note": "of time",
          "roman": "bikâri",
          "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
          "word": "⁧بیکاری⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 51 38 5 5 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
          "word": "vazio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 51 38 5 5 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
          "word": "inapropriado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 51 38 5 5 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
          "word": "desocupado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 51 38 5 5 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
          "word": "inutilizável"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 51 38 5 5 1",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
          "word": "dìomhain"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 51 38 5 5 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
          "word": "desocupado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 51 38 5 5 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
          "word": "ocioso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 51 38 5 5 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
          "word": "aylak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 51 38 5 5 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
          "word": "boş"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "idle workmen",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Not engaged in any occupation or employment; unemployed; inactive; doing nothing in particular."
      ],
      "id": "en-idle-en-adj-EwFoPhKk",
      "links": [
        [
          "occupation",
          "occupation"
        ],
        [
          "employment",
          "employment"
        ],
        [
          "unemployed",
          "unemployed"
        ],
        [
          "inactive",
          "inactive"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 75 9 1 1",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "ʕāṭil ʕan al-ʕamal",
          "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
          "word": "⁧عَاطِل عَن اَلْعَمَل⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 75 9 1 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "nezáet",
          "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
          "word": "неза́ет"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 75 9 1 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "bezrabóten",
          "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
          "word": "безрабо́тен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 75 9 1 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
          "word": "desocupat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 75 9 1 1",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
          "word": "aturat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 75 9 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
          "word": "閒"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 75 9 1 1",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xián",
          "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
          "word": "闲"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 75 9 1 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
          "word": "nečinný"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 75 9 1 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
          "word": "nietsdoend"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 75 9 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
          "word": "joutilas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 75 9 1 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
          "word": "toimeton"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 75 9 1 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
          "word": "oisif"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 75 9 1 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "mandrugueiro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 75 9 1 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "baldeiro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 75 9 1 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "desempregado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 75 9 1 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "dausakmebeli",
          "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
          "word": "დაუსაქმებელი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 75 9 1 1",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "umuševari",
          "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
          "word": "უმუშევარი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 75 9 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
          "word": "untätig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 75 9 1 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
          "word": "müßig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 75 9 1 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ánergos",
          "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "άνεργος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 75 9 1 1",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "argós",
          "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
          "word": "ἀργός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 75 9 1 1",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
          "word": "tétlen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 75 9 1 1",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
          "word": "joutava"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 75 9 1 1",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
          "word": "díomhaoin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 75 9 1 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
          "word": "ozioso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 75 9 1 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
          "word": "disoccupato"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 75 9 1 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
          "word": "inattivo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 75 9 1 1",
          "alt": "ひまな",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hima na",
          "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
          "word": "暇な"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 75 9 1 1",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "geeureuda",
          "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
          "word": "게으르다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 75 9 1 1",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ōtiōsus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 75 9 1 1",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
          "word": "paeko"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 75 9 1 1",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
          "word": "ydel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 75 9 1 1",
          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
          "word": "arbeidsløs"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 75 9 1 1",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
          "word": "ociós"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 75 9 1 1",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
          "word": "desobrat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 75 9 1 1",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "bikâr",
          "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
          "word": "⁧بیکار⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 75 9 1 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
          "word": "próżny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 75 9 1 1",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
          "word": "bezczynny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 75 9 1 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
          "word": "ocioso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 75 9 1 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
          "word": "desocupado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 75 9 1 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
          "word": "desempregado"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 75 9 1 1",
          "code": "qu",
          "lang": "Quechua",
          "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
          "word": "qilla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 75 9 1 1",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nezánjatyj",
          "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
          "word": "неза́нятый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 75 9 1 1",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
          "word": "dìomhain"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 75 9 1 1",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
          "word": "ocioso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 75 9 1 1",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
          "word": "overksam"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 75 9 1 1",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "wâang-ngaan",
          "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
          "word": "ว่างงาน"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 75 9 1 1",
          "code": "txb",
          "lang": "Tocharian B",
          "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
          "word": "ālase"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 75 9 1 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
          "word": "boş"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 75 9 1 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
          "word": "atıl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 75 9 1 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
          "word": "aylak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 14 75 9 1 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
          "word": "avare"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "an idle fellow",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Averse to work, labor or employment; lazy; slothful."
      ],
      "id": "en-idle-en-adj-fiGTtSUa",
      "links": [
        [
          "Averse",
          "averse"
        ],
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "labor",
          "labor"
        ],
        [
          "employment",
          "employment"
        ],
        [
          "lazy",
          "lazy"
        ],
        [
          "slothful",
          "slothful"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 8 83 3 2",
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "averse to work or labor",
          "word": "werksku"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 8 83 3 2",
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "ljanívy",
          "sense": "averse to work or labor",
          "word": "ляні́вы"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 8 83 3 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "lenív",
          "sense": "averse to work or labor",
          "word": "лени́в"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 8 83 3 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "mǎrzelív",
          "sense": "averse to work or labor",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "мързели́в"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 8 83 3 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "averse to work or labor",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gandul"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 8 83 3 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "averse to work or labor",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "dropo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 8 83 3 2",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "averse to work or labor",
          "word": "懶散嘅"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 8 83 3 2",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "laan⁵ saan² ge³",
          "sense": "averse to work or labor",
          "word": "懒散嘅"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 8 83 3 2",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "averse to work or labor",
          "word": "懶惰嘅"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 8 83 3 2",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "laan⁵ do⁶ ge³",
          "sense": "averse to work or labor",
          "word": "懒惰嘅"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 8 83 3 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "averse to work or labor",
          "word": "líný"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 8 83 3 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "averse to work or labor",
          "word": "laiska"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 8 83 3 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "averse to work or labor",
          "word": "inactif"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 8 83 3 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "averse to work or labor",
          "word": "fainéant"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 8 83 3 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "averse to work or labor",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lacazán"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 8 83 3 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "averse to work or labor",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "nugallán"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 8 83 3 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "averse to work or labor",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "preguiceiro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 8 83 3 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "averse to work or labor",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "lorán"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 8 83 3 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "averse to work or labor",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "galfarro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 8 83 3 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "averse to work or labor",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "langrán"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 8 83 3 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "averse to work or labor",
          "word": "gallofeiro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 8 83 3 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "averse to work or labor",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "camanduleiro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 8 83 3 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "averse to work or labor",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "mandrugueiro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 8 83 3 2",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "averse to work or labor",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "calaceiro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 8 83 3 2",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "usakmuri",
          "sense": "averse to work or labor",
          "word": "უსაქმური"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 8 83 3 2",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "umaknisi",
          "sense": "averse to work or labor",
          "word": "უმაქნისი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 8 83 3 2",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "mconara",
          "sense": "averse to work or labor",
          "word": "მცონარა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 8 83 3 2",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "uknara",
          "sense": "averse to work or labor",
          "word": "უქნარა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 8 83 3 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "averse to work or labor",
          "word": "faul"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 8 83 3 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "averse to work or labor",
          "tags": [
            "pejorative"
          ],
          "word": "arbeitsscheu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 8 83 3 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "oknirós",
          "sense": "averse to work or labor",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "οκνηρός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 8 83 3 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "áergos",
          "sense": "averse to work or labor",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "άεργος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 8 83 3 2",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "averse to work or labor",
          "word": "laiska"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 8 83 3 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "averse to work or labor",
          "word": "pigro"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 8 83 3 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "averse to work or labor",
          "word": "indolente"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 8 83 3 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "averse to work or labor",
          "word": "ozioso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 8 83 3 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "averse to work or labor",
          "word": "infingardo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 8 83 3 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "averse to work or labor",
          "word": "ōtiōsus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 8 83 3 2",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "mrzliv",
          "sense": "averse to work or labor",
          "word": "мрзлив"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 8 83 3 2",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "averse to work or labor",
          "word": "paeko"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 8 83 3 2",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "averse to work or labor",
          "word": "ydel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 8 83 3 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "averse to work or labor",
          "word": "leniwy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 8 83 3 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "averse to work or labor",
          "word": "preguiçoso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 8 83 3 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "averse to work or labor",
          "word": "vagabundo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 8 83 3 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "lenívyj",
          "sense": "averse to work or labor",
          "word": "лени́вый"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 8 83 3 2",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "averse to work or labor",
          "word": "dìomhain"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 8 83 3 2",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "averse to work or labor",
          "word": "leisg"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 8 83 3 2",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "averse to work or labor",
          "word": "lenivý"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 8 83 3 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "averse to work or labor",
          "word": "vagabundo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 8 83 3 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "averse to work or labor",
          "word": "avare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 8 83 3 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "averse to work or labor",
          "word": "aylak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 8 83 3 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "linývyj",
          "sense": "averse to work or labor",
          "word": "ліни́вий"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 3 8 83 3 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "ledáčyj",
          "sense": "averse to work or labor",
          "word": "леда́чий"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "an idle story;  idle talk;  idle rumor",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of no importance; useless; worthless; vain; trifling; thoughtless; silly."
      ],
      "id": "en-idle-en-adj-H9C-sE74",
      "links": [
        [
          "importance",
          "importance"
        ],
        [
          "useless",
          "useless"
        ],
        [
          "worthless",
          "worthless"
        ],
        [
          "vain",
          "vain"
        ],
        [
          "trifling",
          "trifling"
        ],
        [
          "thoughtless",
          "thoughtless"
        ],
        [
          "silly",
          "silly"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 7 1 0 91 0",
          "sense": "of no importance",
          "word": "pointless"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 7 1 1 89 1",
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
          "word": "nutteloos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 7 1 1 89 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "naprázen",
          "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
          "word": "напра́зен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 7 1 1 89 1",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "bezpolézen",
          "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
          "word": "безполе́зен"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 7 1 1 89 1",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
          "word": "無謂"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 7 1 1 89 1",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "mou⁴ wai⁶",
          "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
          "word": "无谓"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 7 1 1 89 1",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
          "word": "冇意義嘅"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 7 1 1 89 1",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "mou⁵ ji³ ji⁶ ge³",
          "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
          "word": "冇意义嘅"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 7 1 1 89 1",
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "m⁴ zung⁶ jiu³ ge³",
          "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
          "word": "唔重要嘅"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 7 1 1 89 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
          "word": "nepotřebný"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 7 1 1 89 1",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
          "word": "neužitečný"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 7 1 1 89 1",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
          "word": "nutteloos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 7 1 1 89 1",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
          "word": "joutava"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 7 1 1 89 1",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
          "word": "oiseux"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 7 1 1 89 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "mandriolas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 7 1 1 89 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "galavardo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 7 1 1 89 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "estreloxo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 7 1 1 89 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "vao"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 7 1 1 89 1",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "valuto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 7 1 1 89 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
          "word": "nutzlos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 7 1 1 89 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
          "word": "müßig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 7 1 1 89 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
          "word": "überflüssig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 7 1 1 89 1",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
          "word": "belanglos"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 7 1 1 89 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "áchristos",
          "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "άχρηστος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 7 1 1 89 1",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "anófelos",
          "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ανώφελος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 7 1 1 89 1",
          "code": "izh",
          "lang": "Ingrian",
          "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
          "word": "joutava"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 7 1 1 89 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
          "word": "inutile"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 7 1 1 89 1",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
          "word": "vano"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 7 1 1 89 1",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
          "word": "ydel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 7 1 1 89 1",
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "alaki",
          "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
          "word": "⁧الکی⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 7 1 1 89 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
          "word": "inútil"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 7 1 1 89 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
          "word": "imprestável"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 7 1 1 89 1",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
          "word": "vão"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 7 1 1 89 1",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
          "word": "dìomhain"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 7 1 1 89 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
          "word": "boş"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 7 1 1 89 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
          "word": "önemsiz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 7 1 1 89 1",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
          "word": "değersiz"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1628, John Ford, The Lover's Melancholy",
          "text": "The youth is idle",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Light-headed; foolish."
      ],
      "id": "en-idle-en-adj-1iCK6-ZH",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Light-headed; foolish."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaɪd(ə)l/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʌɪdəl/",
      "note": "Canada, idle-idol split"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪdəl"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "idol"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "idyll"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "idyl (US pronunciation)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-idle.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f3/En-us-idle.ogg/En-us-idle.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/En-us-idle.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "īʹd(ə)l"
    }
  ],
  "word": "idle"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "idler"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "idelen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English idelen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "īdlian"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English īdlian",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*īdalēn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *īdalēn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "eiteln",
        "t": "to make empty, free up"
      },
      "expansion": "German eiteln (“to make empty, free up”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English idelen, from Old English īdlian, from Proto-West Germanic *īdalēn. Cognate with German eiteln (“to make empty, free up”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "idles",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "idling",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "idled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "idled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "idle (third-person singular simple present idles, present participle idling, simple past and past participle idled)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume."
      ],
      "id": "en-idle-en-verb-vtz~AGYN",
      "links": [
        [
          "idleness",
          "idleness"
        ],
        [
          "waste",
          "waste"
        ],
        [
          "consume",
          "consume"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "76 20 1 3",
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "to spend in idleness, to waste",
          "word": "hanna-hanna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 20 1 3",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to spend in idleness, to waste",
          "word": "mrhat"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 20 1 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to spend in idleness, to waste",
          "word": "tuhlata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 20 1 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to spend in idleness, to waste",
          "word": "haaskata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 20 1 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to spend in idleness, to waste",
          "word": "lacazanear"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 20 1 3",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "adranó",
          "sense": "to spend in idleness, to waste",
          "word": "αδρανώ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 20 1 3",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "avtalah",
          "sense": "to spend in idleness, to waste",
          "word": "⁧אבטלה⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 20 1 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to spend in idleness, to waste",
          "word": "perdere tempo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 20 1 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to spend in idleness, to waste",
          "word": "girare a vuoto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 20 1 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to spend in idleness, to waste",
          "word": "sprecare tempo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 20 1 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to spend in idleness, to waste",
          "word": "sciupare nell'ozio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 20 1 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to spend in idleness, to waste",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "bimbać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 20 1 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to spend in idleness, to waste",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "przebimbać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 20 1 3",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "to spend in idleness, to waste",
          "word": "caith"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 20 1 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to spend in idleness, to waste",
          "word": "flojear"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "76 20 1 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to spend in idleness, to waste",
          "word": "boşa harcamak"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to idle in an IRC channel",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1939, Joan Evans, Chateaubriand, page 32",
          "text": "He had already heard of the young man's projected journey — evidently the Comte de Combourg had written many letters while his son idled at St. Malo […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "To lose or spend time doing nothing, or without being employed in business."
      ],
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        [
          "lose",
          "lose"
        ],
        [
          "spend",
          "spend"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ],
        [
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          "employed"
        ],
        [
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          "business"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To lose or spend time doing nothing, or without being employed in business."
      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "4 92 2 3",
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
          "word": "hanna-hanna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 92 2 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "bezdelniča",
          "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
          "word": "безделнича"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 92 2 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "lentjajstvam",
          "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
          "word": "лентяйствам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 92 2 3",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
          "word": "vagarejar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 92 2 3",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
          "word": "vagar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 92 2 3",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
          "word": "zahálet"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 92 2 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
          "word": "olla joutilaana"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 92 2 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
          "word": "olla vapaalla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 92 2 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
          "word": "maleksia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 92 2 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
          "word": "laiskotella"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 92 2 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
          "word": "idlailla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 92 2 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
          "word": "idlata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 92 2 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
          "word": "fainéanter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 92 2 3",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
          "word": "ouvear"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 92 2 3",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "tempeliázo",
          "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
          "word": "τεμπελιάζω"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 92 2 3",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "avtalah",
          "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
          "word": "⁧אבטלה⁩"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 92 2 3",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
          "word": "henyél"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 92 2 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
          "word": "oziare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 92 2 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
          "word": "whakapateko"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 92 2 3",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
          "word": "whakapāeko"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 92 2 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial",
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "bimbać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 92 2 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
          "tags": [
            "colloquial",
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "przebimbać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 92 2 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
          "word": "perder tempo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 92 2 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "bezdélʹničatʹ",
          "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "безде́льничать"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 92 2 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
          "word": "vaguear"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 92 2 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
          "word": "holgazanear"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 92 2 3",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
          "word": "golfear"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 92 2 3",
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
          "word": "zembea"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 92 2 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
          "word": "oyalanmak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "4 92 2 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
          "word": "aylaklık etmek"
        }
      ]
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        {
          "ref": "October 6 2021, Paul Clifton, “Network News: RSSB research exposes poor air quality on diesel trains”, in RAIL, number 941, page 14",
          "text": "High levels of all pollutants were found during time idling in stations.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Of an engine: to run at a slow speed, or out of gear; to tick over."
      ],
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        [
          "run",
          "run"
        ],
        [
          "speed",
          "speed"
        ],
        [
          "gear",
          "gear"
        ],
        [
          "tick over",
          "tick over"
        ]
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        "(intransitive) Of an engine: to run at a slow speed, or out of gear; to tick over."
      ],
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        "intransitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 11 85 3",
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "to run at a slow speed, or out of gear",
          "word": "luier"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 11 85 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "rabotja na prazen hod",
          "sense": "to run at a slow speed, or out of gear",
          "word": "работя на празен ход"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 11 85 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to run at a slow speed, or out of gear",
          "word": "olla joutokäynnillä"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 11 85 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to run at a slow speed, or out of gear",
          "word": "tourner au ralenti"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 11 85 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to run at a slow speed, or out of gear",
          "word": "être/tourner au point mort"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 11 85 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to run at a slow speed, or out of gear",
          "word": "girare al minimo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 11 85 3",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to run at a slow speed, or out of gear",
          "word": "in folle"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 11 85 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to run at a slow speed, or out of gear",
          "word": "gå på tomgång"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 11 85 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to run at a slow speed, or out of gear",
          "word": "boşta çalışmak"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [],
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        "To cause (an engine) to idle(3)"
      ],
      "id": "en-idle-en-verb-CKaPjmqZ",
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        "(transitive) To cause (an engine) to idle(3)"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 100",
          "sense": "sense 3",
          "word": "idling speed"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaɪd(ə)l/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʌɪdəl/",
      "note": "Canada, idle-idol split"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪdəl"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "idol"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "idyll"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "idyl (US pronunciation)"
    },
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f3/En-us-idle.ogg/En-us-idle.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/En-us-idle.ogg",
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    },
    {
      "enpr": "īʹd(ə)l"
    }
  ],
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}

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      },
      "expansion": "Middle English idel",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "ydel",
      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "3": "īdel",
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      "name": "inh"
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      "form": "idles",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
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      "word": "flight idle"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
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    }
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        "The state of idling, of being idle."
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            "Applied sciences",
            "Technology",
            "Sciences",
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            "Fundamental"
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          "thrust",
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        [
          "power",
          "power"
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        [
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          "setting"
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        [
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          "engine"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mechanical engineering) The lowest selectable thrust or power setting of an engine."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "engineering",
        "mechanical",
        "mechanical-engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
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    {
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Gaming",
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            "Recreation",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        "An idle animation."
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        [
          "gaming",
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          "animation"
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        "(gaming) An idle animation."
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        "games",
        "gaming"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
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            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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        [
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          "idle game"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(gaming) An idle game."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "idle game"
        },
        {
          "word": "incremental game"
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      ],
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        "games",
        "gaming"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaɪd(ə)l/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʌɪdəl/",
      "note": "Canada, idle-idol split"
    },
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      "rhymes": "-aɪdəl"
    },
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      "homophone": "idol"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "idyll"
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    {
      "homophone": "idyl (US pronunciation)"
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}
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  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "bone idle"
    },
    {
      "word": "bone-idle"
    },
    {
      "word": "idle as Ludlam's dog"
    },
    {
      "word": "idle asset"
    },
    {
      "word": "idledom"
    },
    {
      "word": "idle game"
    },
    {
      "word": "idle hands are the Devil's playthings"
    },
    {
      "word": "idle hands are the devil's playthings"
    },
    {
      "word": "idle hands are the devil's tools"
    },
    {
      "word": "idle hands are the Devil's tools"
    },
    {
      "word": "idle hands are the devil's workshop"
    },
    {
      "word": "idle hands are the Devil's workshop"
    },
    {
      "word": "idlehood"
    },
    {
      "word": "idleness"
    },
    {
      "word": "idle pulley"
    },
    {
      "word": "idleship"
    },
    {
      "word": "idle threat"
    },
    {
      "word": "idle time"
    },
    {
      "word": "idle wheel"
    },
    {
      "word": "idling"
    },
    {
      "word": "idly"
    },
    {
      "word": "nonidle"
    },
    {
      "word": "the devil makes work for idle hands"
    }
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    {
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        "2": "enm",
        "3": "idel"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English idel",
      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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        "3": "īdel"
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      "args": {
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      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
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    {
      "args": {
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      "name": "cog"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ill"
      },
      "expansion": "English ill",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "\"bad\"; > English <i class=\"Latn mention\" lang=\"en\">ill</i>"
      },
      "expansion": "(\"bad\"; > English ill)",
      "name": "gloss"
    }
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      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
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      "tags": [
        "superlative"
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    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "idle (comparative more idle, superlative most idle)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Empty, vacant."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Empty",
          "empty"
        ],
        [
          "vacant",
          "vacant"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Empty, vacant."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "idle hours",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "My computer hibernates after it has been idle for 30 minutes.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Jane Bryant Quinn, Making the Most of Your Money Now",
          "text": "The majority of accounts require no minimum balance and charge no monthly service fee. Where monthly fees and balance requirements exist, they're low. You earn no interest on the idle money in the account.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Not being used appropriately; not occupied; (of time) with no, no important, or not much activity."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "occupied",
          "occupy"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "idle workmen",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Not engaged in any occupation or employment; unemployed; inactive; doing nothing in particular."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "occupation",
          "occupation"
        ],
        [
          "employment",
          "employment"
        ],
        [
          "unemployed",
          "unemployed"
        ],
        [
          "inactive",
          "inactive"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "an idle fellow",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Averse to work, labor or employment; lazy; slothful."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Averse",
          "averse"
        ],
        [
          "work",
          "work"
        ],
        [
          "labor",
          "labor"
        ],
        [
          "employment",
          "employment"
        ],
        [
          "lazy",
          "lazy"
        ],
        [
          "slothful",
          "slothful"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "an idle story;  idle talk;  idle rumor",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of no importance; useless; worthless; vain; trifling; thoughtless; silly."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "importance",
          "importance"
        ],
        [
          "useless",
          "useless"
        ],
        [
          "worthless",
          "worthless"
        ],
        [
          "vain",
          "vain"
        ],
        [
          "trifling",
          "trifling"
        ],
        [
          "thoughtless",
          "thoughtless"
        ],
        [
          "silly",
          "silly"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1628, John Ford, The Lover's Melancholy",
          "text": "The youth is idle",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Light-headed; foolish."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Light-headed; foolish."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaɪd(ə)l/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʌɪdəl/",
      "note": "Canada, idle-idol split"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪdəl"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "idol"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "idyll"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "idyl (US pronunciation)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-idle.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f3/En-us-idle.ogg/En-us-idle.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/En-us-idle.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "īʹd(ə)l"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "of no importance",
      "word": "pointless"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
      "word": "onaktief"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bezdéen",
      "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
      "word": "безде́ен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
      "word": "inactiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ociós"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
      "word": "閒置嘅"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "haan⁴ zi³ ge³",
      "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
      "word": "闲置嘅"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
      "word": "得閒嘅"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "dak¹ haan⁴ ge³",
      "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
      "word": "得闲嘅"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
      "word": "volný"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
      "word": "inactief"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
      "word": "joutilas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
      "word": "luppo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
      "word": "luppoaika"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "inaitivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "folgado"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lorán"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
      "word": "ungenutzt"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Mußezeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Totzeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "adranís",
      "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "αδρανής"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
      "word": "joutava"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
      "word": "ozioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
      "word": "inattivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
      "word": "deses"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
      "word": "ydel"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
      "word": "estaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
      "word": "desocupat"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
      "word": "inactiu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "talaf-šode",
      "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
      "word": "⁧تلفشده⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "note": "of things or people",
      "roman": "bikâr",
      "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
      "word": "⁧بیکار⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "note": "of time",
      "roman": "bikâri",
      "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
      "word": "⁧بیکاری⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
      "word": "vazio"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
      "word": "inapropriado"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
      "word": "desocupado"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
      "word": "inutilizável"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
      "word": "dìomhain"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
      "word": "desocupado"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
      "word": "ocioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
      "word": "aylak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "not turned to appropriate use, not occupied, of time with little activity",
      "word": "boş"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕāṭil ʕan al-ʕamal",
      "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
      "word": "⁧عَاطِل عَن اَلْعَمَل⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nezáet",
      "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
      "word": "неза́ет"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bezrabóten",
      "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
      "word": "безрабо́тен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
      "word": "desocupat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
      "word": "aturat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
      "word": "閒"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xián",
      "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
      "word": "闲"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
      "word": "nečinný"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
      "word": "nietsdoend"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
      "word": "joutilas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
      "word": "toimeton"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
      "word": "oisif"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mandrugueiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "baldeiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "desempregado"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "dausakmebeli",
      "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
      "word": "დაუსაქმებელი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "umuševari",
      "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
      "word": "უმუშევარი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
      "word": "untätig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
      "word": "müßig"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ánergos",
      "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "άνεργος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "argós",
      "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
      "word": "ἀργός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
      "word": "tétlen"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
      "word": "joutava"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
      "word": "díomhaoin"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
      "word": "ozioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
      "word": "disoccupato"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
      "word": "inattivo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ひまな",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hima na",
      "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
      "word": "暇な"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "geeureuda",
      "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
      "word": "게으르다"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ōtiōsus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
      "word": "paeko"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
      "word": "ydel"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
      "word": "arbeidsløs"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
      "word": "ociós"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
      "word": "desobrat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bikâr",
      "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
      "word": "⁧بیکار⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
      "word": "próżny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
      "word": "bezczynny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
      "word": "ocioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
      "word": "desocupado"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
      "word": "desempregado"
    },
    {
      "code": "qu",
      "lang": "Quechua",
      "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
      "word": "qilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nezánjatyj",
      "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
      "word": "неза́нятый"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
      "word": "dìomhain"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
      "word": "ocioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
      "word": "overksam"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "wâang-ngaan",
      "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
      "word": "ว่างงาน"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
      "word": "ālase"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
      "word": "boş"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
      "word": "atıl"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
      "word": "aylak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "not engaged in any occupation or employment",
      "word": "avare"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "averse to work or labor",
      "word": "werksku"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "ljanívy",
      "sense": "averse to work or labor",
      "word": "ляні́вы"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "lenív",
      "sense": "averse to work or labor",
      "word": "лени́в"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mǎrzelív",
      "sense": "averse to work or labor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мързели́в"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "averse to work or labor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gandul"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "averse to work or labor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dropo"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "averse to work or labor",
      "word": "懶散嘅"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "laan⁵ saan² ge³",
      "sense": "averse to work or labor",
      "word": "懒散嘅"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "averse to work or labor",
      "word": "懶惰嘅"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "laan⁵ do⁶ ge³",
      "sense": "averse to work or labor",
      "word": "懒惰嘅"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "averse to work or labor",
      "word": "líný"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "averse to work or labor",
      "word": "laiska"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "averse to work or labor",
      "word": "inactif"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "averse to work or labor",
      "word": "fainéant"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "averse to work or labor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lacazán"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "averse to work or labor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nugallán"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "averse to work or labor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "preguiceiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "averse to work or labor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lorán"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "averse to work or labor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "galfarro"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "averse to work or labor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "langrán"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "averse to work or labor",
      "word": "gallofeiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "averse to work or labor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "camanduleiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "averse to work or labor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mandrugueiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "averse to work or labor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "calaceiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "usakmuri",
      "sense": "averse to work or labor",
      "word": "უსაქმური"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "umaknisi",
      "sense": "averse to work or labor",
      "word": "უმაქნისი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mconara",
      "sense": "averse to work or labor",
      "word": "მცონარა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "uknara",
      "sense": "averse to work or labor",
      "word": "უქნარა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "averse to work or labor",
      "word": "faul"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "averse to work or labor",
      "tags": [
        "pejorative"
      ],
      "word": "arbeitsscheu"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "oknirós",
      "sense": "averse to work or labor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "οκνηρός"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "áergos",
      "sense": "averse to work or labor",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "άεργος"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "averse to work or labor",
      "word": "laiska"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "averse to work or labor",
      "word": "pigro"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "averse to work or labor",
      "word": "indolente"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "averse to work or labor",
      "word": "ozioso"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "averse to work or labor",
      "word": "infingardo"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "averse to work or labor",
      "word": "ōtiōsus"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "mrzliv",
      "sense": "averse to work or labor",
      "word": "мрзлив"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "averse to work or labor",
      "word": "paeko"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "averse to work or labor",
      "word": "ydel"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "averse to work or labor",
      "word": "leniwy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "averse to work or labor",
      "word": "preguiçoso"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "averse to work or labor",
      "word": "vagabundo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lenívyj",
      "sense": "averse to work or labor",
      "word": "лени́вый"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "averse to work or labor",
      "word": "dìomhain"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "averse to work or labor",
      "word": "leisg"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "averse to work or labor",
      "word": "lenivý"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "averse to work or labor",
      "word": "vagabundo"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "averse to work or labor",
      "word": "avare"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "averse to work or labor",
      "word": "aylak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "linývyj",
      "sense": "averse to work or labor",
      "word": "ліни́вий"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ledáčyj",
      "sense": "averse to work or labor",
      "word": "леда́чий"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
      "word": "nutteloos"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "naprázen",
      "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
      "word": "напра́зен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bezpolézen",
      "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
      "word": "безполе́зен"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
      "word": "無謂"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "mou⁴ wai⁶",
      "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
      "word": "无谓"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
      "word": "冇意義嘅"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "mou⁵ ji³ ji⁶ ge³",
      "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
      "word": "冇意义嘅"
    },
    {
      "code": "yue",
      "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
      "roman": "m⁴ zung⁶ jiu³ ge³",
      "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
      "word": "唔重要嘅"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
      "word": "nepotřebný"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
      "word": "neužitečný"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
      "word": "nutteloos"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
      "word": "joutava"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
      "word": "oiseux"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "mandriolas"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "galavardo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "estreloxo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vao"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "valuto"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
      "word": "nutzlos"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
      "word": "müßig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
      "word": "überflüssig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
      "word": "belanglos"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "áchristos",
      "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "άχρηστος"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "anófelos",
      "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ανώφελος"
    },
    {
      "code": "izh",
      "lang": "Ingrian",
      "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
      "word": "joutava"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
      "word": "inutile"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
      "word": "vano"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
      "word": "ydel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "alaki",
      "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
      "word": "⁧الکی⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
      "word": "inútil"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
      "word": "imprestável"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
      "word": "vão"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
      "word": "dìomhain"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
      "word": "boş"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
      "word": "önemsiz"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "of no importance, worthless, useless",
      "word": "değersiz"
    }
  ],
  "word": "idle"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "idler"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "idelen"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English idelen",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "īdlian"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English īdlian",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gmw-pro",
        "3": "*īdalēn"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *īdalēn",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "eiteln",
        "t": "to make empty, free up"
      },
      "expansion": "German eiteln (“to make empty, free up”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English idelen, from Old English īdlian, from Proto-West Germanic *īdalēn. Cognate with German eiteln (“to make empty, free up”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "idles",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "idling",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "idled",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "idled",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "idle (third-person singular simple present idles, present participle idling, simple past and past participle idled)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "sense": "sense 3",
      "word": "idling speed"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "idleness",
          "idleness"
        ],
        [
          "waste",
          "waste"
        ],
        [
          "consume",
          "consume"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "to idle in an IRC channel",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1939, Joan Evans, Chateaubriand, page 32",
          "text": "He had already heard of the young man's projected journey — evidently the Comte de Combourg had written many letters while his son idled at St. Malo […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To lose or spend time doing nothing, or without being employed in business."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lose",
          "lose"
        ],
        [
          "spend",
          "spend"
        ],
        [
          "time",
          "time"
        ],
        [
          "employed",
          "employed"
        ],
        [
          "business",
          "business"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) To lose or spend time doing nothing, or without being employed in business."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "October 6 2021, Paul Clifton, “Network News: RSSB research exposes poor air quality on diesel trains”, in RAIL, number 941, page 14",
          "text": "High levels of all pollutants were found during time idling in stations.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Of an engine: to run at a slow speed, or out of gear; to tick over."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "run",
          "run"
        ],
        [
          "speed",
          "speed"
        ],
        [
          "gear",
          "gear"
        ],
        [
          "tick over",
          "tick over"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive) Of an engine: to run at a slow speed, or out of gear; to tick over."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause (an engine) to idle(3)"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To cause (an engine) to idle(3)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaɪd(ə)l/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʌɪdəl/",
      "note": "Canada, idle-idol split"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪdəl"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "idol"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "idyll"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "idyl (US pronunciation)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-idle.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f3/En-us-idle.ogg/En-us-idle.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/En-us-idle.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "īʹd(ə)l"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "to spend in idleness, to waste",
      "word": "hanna-hanna"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to spend in idleness, to waste",
      "word": "mrhat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to spend in idleness, to waste",
      "word": "tuhlata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to spend in idleness, to waste",
      "word": "haaskata"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to spend in idleness, to waste",
      "word": "lacazanear"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "adranó",
      "sense": "to spend in idleness, to waste",
      "word": "αδρανώ"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "avtalah",
      "sense": "to spend in idleness, to waste",
      "word": "⁧אבטלה⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to spend in idleness, to waste",
      "word": "perdere tempo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to spend in idleness, to waste",
      "word": "girare a vuoto"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to spend in idleness, to waste",
      "word": "sprecare tempo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to spend in idleness, to waste",
      "word": "sciupare nell'ozio"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to spend in idleness, to waste",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "bimbać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to spend in idleness, to waste",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "przebimbać"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "to spend in idleness, to waste",
      "word": "caith"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to spend in idleness, to waste",
      "word": "flojear"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to spend in idleness, to waste",
      "word": "boşa harcamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
      "word": "hanna-hanna"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "bezdelniča",
      "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
      "word": "безделнича"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "lentjajstvam",
      "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
      "word": "лентяйствам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
      "word": "vagarejar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
      "word": "vagar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
      "word": "zahálet"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
      "word": "olla joutilaana"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
      "word": "olla vapaalla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
      "word": "maleksia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
      "word": "laiskotella"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
      "word": "idlailla"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
      "word": "idlata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
      "word": "fainéanter"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
      "word": "ouvear"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "tempeliázo",
      "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
      "word": "τεμπελιάζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "avtalah",
      "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
      "word": "⁧אבטלה⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
      "word": "henyél"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
      "word": "oziare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
      "word": "whakapateko"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
      "word": "whakapāeko"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "bimbać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "przebimbać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
      "word": "perder tempo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bezdélʹničatʹ",
      "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "безде́льничать"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
      "word": "vaguear"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
      "word": "holgazanear"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
      "word": "golfear"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
      "word": "zembea"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
      "word": "oyalanmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to lose or spend time doing nothing",
      "word": "aylaklık etmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "to run at a slow speed, or out of gear",
      "word": "luier"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "rabotja na prazen hod",
      "sense": "to run at a slow speed, or out of gear",
      "word": "работя на празен ход"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to run at a slow speed, or out of gear",
      "word": "olla joutokäynnillä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to run at a slow speed, or out of gear",
      "word": "tourner au ralenti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to run at a slow speed, or out of gear",
      "word": "être/tourner au point mort"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to run at a slow speed, or out of gear",
      "word": "girare al minimo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to run at a slow speed, or out of gear",
      "word": "in folle"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to run at a slow speed, or out of gear",
      "word": "gå på tomgång"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to run at a slow speed, or out of gear",
      "word": "boşta çalışmak"
    }
  ],
  "word": "idle"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 3,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "idel"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English idel",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "ydel"
      },
      "expansion": "ydel",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "īdel",
        "t": "idleness"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English īdel (“idleness”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English idel, ydel, from Old English īdel (“idleness”), from the adjective (see above).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "idles",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "idle (plural idles)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyponyms": [
    {
      "word": "flight idle"
    },
    {
      "word": "ground idle"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The state of idling, of being idle."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "idling",
          "#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "idle",
          "#Adjective"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Mechanical engineering"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The lowest selectable thrust or power setting of an engine."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mechanical engineering",
          "mechanical engineering"
        ],
        [
          "thrust",
          "thrust"
        ],
        [
          "power",
          "power"
        ],
        [
          "setting",
          "setting"
        ],
        [
          "engine",
          "engine"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(mechanical engineering) The lowest selectable thrust or power setting of an engine."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "engineering",
        "mechanical",
        "mechanical-engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Gaming"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An idle animation."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gaming",
          "gaming#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "idle",
          "#Verb"
        ],
        [
          "animation",
          "animation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(gaming) An idle animation."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "games",
        "gaming"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Gaming"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An idle game."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gaming",
          "gaming#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "idle game",
          "idle game"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(gaming) An idle game."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "idle game"
        },
        {
          "word": "incremental game"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "games",
        "gaming"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈaɪd(ə)l/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʌɪdəl/",
      "note": "Canada, idle-idol split"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪdəl"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "idol"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "idyll"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "idyl (US pronunciation)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-us-idle.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f3/En-us-idle.ogg/En-us-idle.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/En-us-idle.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "īʹd(ə)l"
    }
  ],
  "word": "idle"
}

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