idle
Example Sentences
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It is supposed to be the busiest time of year for the Roadies trucking company, but dozens of its trucks sit idle — unlikely casualties of a surprise scrutiny of laborers from India.
From Los Angeles Times
The boats had rejected their inputs and automatically idled as a fail-safe, making them “dead” in the water.
But after the tourism peak, he said, these boats had been "sitting idle in the bay" and it took them years just to make back the money they spent.
From BBC
Knitting, they say, sharpens their attention, allowing them to focus more than they would with idle hands.
From New York Times
The Defence Force has been struggling with record attrition in part because of low pay, which has forced the navy to idle three of its ships and to retire its P-3 Orion fleet early.
From Reuters
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
