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Meanings of idle in английском

каталонский
mandrejar
испанский
holgazanear

Be idle; exist in a changeless situation.

      mandrejar
      португальский
      desempregado
      каталонский
      desocupat

      Not in action or at work.

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            desempregado

            Without a basis in reason or fact.

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                  Not having a job.

                        Usage of idle in английском
                        1
                        Using idle processing power to help create a smallpox drug is great.
                        Wired
                        2
                        GM announced last week it plans to idle five North American plants.
                        Reuters
                        3
                        The Alaska no-fly order ended today, but the Virginia-based F-22s remain idle.
                        Wired
                        4
                        TCU is idle until a Dec. 16 home date with Indiana State.
                        Reuters
                        5
                        He's young and healthy, too, and yet is forced to be idle.
                        Helen of troy
                        6
                        Double-digit unemployment and widespread idle capacity, however, have kept underlying inflation subdued.
                        Reuters
                        7
                        The ships engaged in this island trade were idle in the Pasig.
                        The Story of the Philippines / Natural Riches, Industrial Resour...
                        8
                        The hard part will be keeping this hand idle for four days.
                        The Wise Man’s Fear
                        9
                        Meanwhile, the unused cores idle, still consuming a large amount of power.
                        Reuters
                        10
                        The Wildcats are idle until a game Jan. 11 at Michigan State.
                        Reuters
                        11
                        The actions of these ants looked like simple indulgence in idle amusement.
                        The Naturalist on the River Amazons
                        12
                        It is nevertheless misleading; it is the illusion of an idle fancy.
                        The Relation of Literature to Life
                        13
                        As the days before the end dwindled, Prometheus' people were not idle.
                        Book Four: Tales From Ancient Days
                        14
                        The industrious would get no more for their labor than the idle.
                        The Great Round World and What Is Going On In It, Vol. 2, No. 5,...
                        15
                        He is idle and lacking in any spirit of industry or application.
                        English passengers
                        16
                        He remembered vaguely what he had once said in an idle moment.
                        On the Beach
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                        Translations for idle
                        португальский
                        desempregado
                        Idle through the time
                        Idle across language varieties
                        United Kingdom
                        Common
                        United States of America
                        Less common
                        Ireland
                        Less common