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According to WordNet, the adjective "idle" has 7 sense(s).

300294175 not in action or at work; "an idle laborer"; "idle drifters"; "the idle rich"; "an idle mind".

300865007 not having a job; "idle carpenters"; "jobless transients"; "many people in the area were out of work".

301872265 not yielding a return; "dead capital"; "idle funds".

301998835 lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; "idle talk"; "a loose tongue".

300037188 not in active use; "the machinery sat idle during the strike"; "idle hands".

302353211 without a basis in reason or fact; "baseless gossip"; "the allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy".

302121424 silly or trivial; "idle pleasure"; "light banter"; "light idle chatter".

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