Examples of 'idle' in a sentence
Meaning of "idle"
idle (verb): To spend time doing nothing or being inactive. It can also refer to a machine or engine running without doing any work or a computer program running without being used
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- Empty, vacant.
- Not being used appropriately; not occupied; (of time) with no, no important, or not much activity.
- Not engaged in any occupation or employment; unemployed; inactive; doing nothing in particular.
- Averse to work, labor or employment; lazy; slothful.
How to use "idle" in a sentence
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This warm idle speed shall be measured.
Better she works than stays idle.
And an idle life can not be pure.
Strategy to not let it idle too low.
Idle speculation until the bones are clean.
Do not leave an idle electric machine powered on.
Idle speed screw on carburetor requires adjustment.
Keep engine at idle speed during flushing.
Idle curiosity has never been my strong point.
The system is idle waiting for restart.
Idle adjustment must be carried out as follows.
Run engine at idle until unit stops.
Idle cash balances open fiscal space.
Those ships are idle because they are uneconomic.
Idle speed screw on carburetor needs adjustment.
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And from idle talk turn away.
Idle youth are more prone to resort to violence.
It is time to replace idle talking by real work.
Store idle equipment out of the reach of.
I have not been idle on your behalf.
Just idle talk with a trusted friend.
Minimum mapping speed warm idle speed.
Only the idle speed screw is adjustable.
We have gone far beyond idle speculation now.
More than idle curiosity prompted my question.
Start the engine and allow it to idle.
A little idle talk of this and that.
They are just a little idle and curious.
Turn the idle control switch off.
The phone will then go back to idle.
Check idle speed and reset if necessary.
The appliance is now idle but still on.
Ignore idle detection for tiny breaks.
Chain does not stop when engine is idle.
Use your idle hours to find out.
Make sure the phone is in idle mode.
Tom is not an idle boy any longer.
As idle as a painted ship upon a painted ocean.
It is absurd to idle away the student life.
Idle ladies and their odious husbands.
Stroke rate at idle speedmin minutes spm.
You will have to forgive an idle man.
If engine idle speed is erratic or acceleration is poor.
You told me the whole factory was idle.
You have made idle threats before.
This is proof they do not sit idle.
There is nothing idle about that threat.
Charging system normal when test at idle.
The unit returns to idle and displays.
High charging volts when test at idle.
