idle

a. சோம்பலான, மடிமைவாய்ந்த, சோம்பியிருக்கிற, முயற்சியற்ற, செயல்விருப்பமற்ற, வேலையில்லாத, விளைவற்ற, பயனற்ற, வீணான, செயல்வகையில் ஆதாரமற்ற, (வினை) சோம்பியிரு, வீண்காங்கழி, பயனற்றவகையில் பொழுதைப்போக்கு, இயந்திர வகையில் உரிய செயலாற்றாமல் இயங்கு, உந்துவண்டி விமான முதலியவற்றின் வகையில் நீராவிப்புழையின் வாயடைக்கப்பெற்று மெல்ல இயங்கு.

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I"dle, a. [Compar. Idler; superl. Idlest.] Etym: [OE. idel, AS. idel vain, empty, useless; akin to OS. idal, D. ijdel, OHG. ital vain, empty, mere, G. eitel, Dan. & Sw. idel mere, pure, and prob. to Gr. Ether.] 1. Of no account; useless; vain; trifling; unprofitable; thoughtless; silly; barren. "Deserts idle." Shak. Every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. Matt. xii. 36. Down their idle weapons dropped. Milton. This idle story became important. Macaulay. 2. Not called into active service; not turned to appropriate use; unemployed; as, idle hours. The idle spear and shield were high uphing. Milton. 3. Not employed; unoccupied with business; inactive; doing nothing; as, idle workmen. Why stand ye here all the day idle Matt. xx. 6. 4. Given rest and ease; averse to labor or employment; lazy; slothful; as, an idle fellow. 5. Light-headed; foolish. [Obs.] Ford. Idle pulley (Mach.), a pulley that rests upon a belt to tighten it; a pulley that only guides a belt and is not used to transmit power. -- Idle wheel (Mach.), a gear wheel placed between two others, to transfer motion from one to the other without changing the direction of revolution. -- In idle, in vain. [Obs.] "God saith, thou shalt not take the name of thy Lord God in idle." Chaucer. Syn. -- Unoccupied; unemployed; vacant; inactive; indolent; sluggish; slothful; useless; ineffectual; futile; frivolous; vain; trifling; unprofitable; unimportant. -- Idle, Indolent, Lazy. A propensity to inaction is expressed by each of these words; they differ in the cause and degree of this characteristic. Indolent denotes an habitual love to ease, a settled dislike of movement or effort; idle is opposed to busy, and denotes a dislike of continuous exertion. Lazy is a stronger and more contemptuous term than indolent. I"dle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Idled; p. pr. & vb. n. Idling.] Defn: To lose or spend time in inaction, or without being employed in business. Shak. I"dle, v. t. Defn: To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume; -- often followed by away; as, to idle away an hour a day.