idlest

Adjective

idle (comparative more idle, superlative most idle)

1. (obsolete) Empty, vacant.

   Synonyms:

   bare, leer, void

2. Not being used appropriately; not occupied; (of time) with no, no important, or not much activity.
   • idle hours

   Synonyms:

   dormant, quiescent, suspended, abeyant, at rest, cessant, dull, fallow, hibernating, inactive

3. Not engaged in any occupation or employment; unemployed; inactive; doing nothing in particular.
   • idle workmen

   Synonyms:

   unbusied, workless, anachronistic, antediluvial, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, archaic, backward, backwards

4. Averse to work, labor or employment; lazy; slothful.
   • an idle fellow

   Synonyms:

   indolent, inert, bone-idle, fainéant, lackadaisical, lazy, lither, otiose, slothful, sluggish

5. Of no importance; useless; worthless; vain; trifling; thoughtless; silly.
   • an idle story; idle talk; idle rumor; idle threats; idle pleasures

   Synonyms:

   petty, pointless, base, contemptible, floccinaucinihilipilificatious, foolish, for the birds, futile, frivolous, ignorable

6. (obsolete) Light-headed; foolish.
   • The youth is idle1628, John Ford, The Lover's Melancholy

   Synonyms:

   fatuous, unwise, asinine, balmy, barmy, bedaft, loony, daft, derpy, dim-headed

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