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1. Having no employment
   - idleness, loafing

1. Run disconnected or idle
   "the engine is idling"
   - tick over
    
2. Be idle; exist in a changeless situation
   "He idled in bed all morning"
   - laze, slug, stagnate

Derived forms: idlings

See also: idler

Type of: inactivity

Antonym: run, work

Encyclopedia: Idle Idle, West Yorkshire