Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä
Synonyymit
Määritelmät
Adjektiivit
- (obsolete) Empty, vacant.
- Not turned to appropriate use; not occupied.
- Not engaged in any occupation or employment; unemployed; inactive; doing nothing.
- Averse to work, labor or employment; lazy; slothful.
- Of no importance; useless; worthless; vain; trifling; thoughtless; silly.
- (obsolete) Light-headed; foolish.
Verbit
Esimerkit
- idle hours; My computer hibernates after it has been idle for 30 minutes.
- idle workmen
- Molly the dairymaid came a little way from the rickyard, and said she would pluck the pigeon that very night after work. She was always ready to do anything for us boys; and we could never quite make out why they scolded her so for an idle hussy indoors. It seemed so unjust. Looking back, I recollect she had very beautiful brown eyes.
- an idle fellow
- “I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers, the worn-out, passionless men, the enervated matrons of the summer capital,!”
- an idle story; idle talk; idle rumor
- to idle in an IRC channel
- He had already heard of the young man's projected journey — evidently the Comte de Combourg had written many letters while his son idled at St. Malo [...]
- Ever since he lost his job, he just stands around idle, without doing a thing around the house either.
- the idle rich
- idle hours
- My computer goes idle after 30 minutes without use.
- an idle story; idle talk; idle rumor
- The car engine is idling.
Taivutusmuodot
| Partisiipin perfekti | idled | Imperfekti | idled |
| Partisiipin preesens | idling | Komparatiivi | idler |
| Komparatiivi | more idle | Superlatiivi | idlest |
| Superlatiivi | most idle | Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | idles |
| Yksikön kolmannen persoonan indikatiivin preesens | idleth (vanhahtava) |