idle
Example Sentences
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Insufficient memory results in high-powered chips sitting idle, despite all their processing speed, as they wait to recruit extra memory from nearby chips.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 28, 2026
When I drove up, the gate was open, though there were no other cars; from its dull roar, I could tell the plant was not totally idle.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
They famously recorded the first instalment in the loft of his London home, where Madonna carved her name into the rafters during idle moments.
From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026
The Sparks are idle in the first round and will make picks in the second and third rounds.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026
They fill their mind and hands with soap and repair and dicey confrontations because what is waiting for them, in a suddenly idle moment, is the seep of rage.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
Vocabulary lists containing idle
Some Tricky Homonyms
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The Lazy, Hazy Days of Summer
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"Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare, Act I
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