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505 lines
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{
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"idle":{
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"antonyms":[
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"bum",
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"chill",
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"dally",
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"dawdle",
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"dillydally",
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"drone",
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"footle",
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"goof (off)",
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"hack (around)",
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"hang (around ",
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"hang about",
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"kick around",
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"kick back",
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"laze",
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"lazy",
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"loaf",
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"loll",
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"lounge",
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"veg out"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": having no employment : inactive":[
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"idle workers"
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],
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": having no evident lawful means of support":[],
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": lacking worth or basis : vain":[
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"idle chatter",
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"idle pleasure"
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],
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": not occupied or employed: such as":[],
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": not scheduled to compete":[
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"the team will be idle tomorrow"
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],
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": not turned to normal or appropriate use":[
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"idle farmland"
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],
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": shiftless , lazy":[],
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": to cause to idle":[],
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": to make idle":[
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"workers idled by a strike"
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],
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": to move idly":[],
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": to pass in idleness":[],
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": to run at low power and often disconnected usually so that power is not used for useful work":[
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"the engine is idling"
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],
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": to spend time in idleness":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Adjective",
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"There has been a lot of idle speculation about what might happen, but no one really knows.",
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"the idle days of summer",
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"Verb",
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"She left the engine idling for a few seconds before she turned it off.",
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"The cars idled in traffic.",
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"A group of boys idled in the doorway.",
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"The factory closed, idling several hundred workers.",
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"Thousands of workers have been idled by the bad economy.",
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"The factory has been idled by the strike.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"Delays and cancellations can push up fuel consumption and costs as aircraft idle on the tarmac waiting for a spot to open up for either takeoff or deplaning. \u2014 Tom Stalnaker, CNN , 22 June 2022",
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"Vice was Monaco\u2019s true draw, no longer just a sport of the idle rich, but an aspirational avocation for the middle class. \u2014 Lauren Groff, The Atlantic , 21 June 2022",
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"CMPs offer enterprises a variety of savings strategies\u2014suggesting steps such as terminating unused or idle instances or rightsizing cloud capacity per need. \u2014 David Drai, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
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"Buses, trains, airports, government offices and public companies came to a halt as hundreds of thousands of workers went idle , called off the job by the powerful Tunisian General Labor Union, which represents more than a million workers. \u2014 New York Times , 16 June 2022",
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"Though most wells have been capped, dozens owned by companies such as Southern California Gas Co., Chevron and Sentinel Peak Resources remain either idle or active. \u2014 Jonah Valdezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
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"Should the Fed be encouraging financial institutions to keep money idle in depository accounts",
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"This is idle music, meant to insulate an active mind\u2014to help the listener focus, sleep, and live better. \u2014 Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker , 2 June 2022",
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"Due to low water levels, a line of sailboats sits idle in the parking lot \u2014 but the Great Salt Lake Rowing Club is far from giving up their favorite spot. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"The company has told drivers not to idle when possible, but turning trucks on and off also uses more fuel. \u2014 Sean Mcdonnell, cleveland , 14 June 2022",
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"Auto manufacturers worldwide have had to idle factories and slash output as a result, causing shortages of new and used cars. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Jan. 2022",
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"Auto manufacturers worldwide have had to idle factories and slash output as a result, causing shortages of new and used cars. \u2014 Jeanne Whalen, Anchorage Daily News , 25 Jan. 2022",
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"An AvtoVAZ spokesman said the company planned to idle its plants until at least March 11 due to the global chip shortage that has affected car makers world-wide. \u2014 Nick Kostov And Evan Gershkovich, WSJ , 9 Mar. 2022",
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"Many Western nations have instituted sanctions against Russia, prompting many companies to idle operations there. \u2014 Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press , 4 Mar. 2022",
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"Next year, the Bay Area Toll Authority, which operates the seven toll bridges owned by Caltrans, plans to start ripping out tollbooths and narrowing the multi-lane plazas where cars idle , waiting to pay tolls. \u2014 Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle , 10 Apr. 2022",
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"Protesters objecting to Covid safety measures continue to idle trucks and camp out in downtown Ottawa, though blockades at the Canadian-U.S. border are standing down. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 19 Feb. 2022",
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"The chip drought has led to widespread disruptions, including forcing car makers lacking chips to idle plants and driving up prices for some electronic goods. \u2014 Meghan Bobrowsky, WSJ , 26 Jan. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1592, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 2a":"Verb",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Adjective"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English idel , from Old English \u012bdel ; akin to Old High German \u012btal worthless":"Adjective"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8\u012b-d\u1d4al"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for idle Adjective vain , nugatory , otiose , idle , empty , hollow mean being without worth or significance. vain implies either absolute or relative absence of value. vain promises nugatory suggests triviality or insignificance. a monarch with nugatory powers otiose suggests that something serves no purpose and is either an encumbrance or a superfluity. a film without a single otiose scene idle suggests being incapable of worthwhile use or effect. idle speculations empty and hollow suggest a deceiving lack of real substance or soundness or genuineness. an empty attempt at reconciliation a hollow victory inactive , idle , inert , passive , supine mean not engaged in work or activity. inactive applies to anyone or anything not in action or in operation or at work. on inactive status as an astronaut inactive accounts idle applies to persons that are not busy or occupied or to their powers or their implements. workers were idle in the fields inert as applied to things implies powerlessness to move or to affect other things; as applied to persons it suggests an inherent or habitual indisposition to activity. inert ingredients in drugs an inert citizenry passive implies immobility or lack of normally expected response to an external force or influence and often suggests deliberate submissiveness or self-control. passive resistance supine applies only to persons and commonly implies abjectness or indolence. a supine willingness to play the fool Verb idle , loaf , lounge , loll , laze mean to spend time doing nothing. idle may be used in reference to persons that move lazily or without purpose. idled the day away loaf suggests either resting or wandering about as though there were nothing to do. she does her work and then loafs the rest of the day lounge , though occasionally used as equal to idle or loaf , typically conveys an additional implication of resting or reclining against a support or of physical comfort and ease in relaxation. he lounged against the wall loll also carries an implication of a posture similar to that of lounge , but places greater stress upon an indolent or relaxed attitude. lolling on the couch laze usually implies the relaxation of a busy person enjoying a vacation or moments of leisure. lazed about between appointments",
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"synonyms":[
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"dead",
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"dormant",
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"fallow",
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"free",
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"inactive",
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"inert",
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"inoperative",
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"latent",
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"off",
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"unused",
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"vacant"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-192816",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"idle rich":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": rich people who do not have to work":[
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"elegant and expensive resorts catering to the idle rich"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041838",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"idleby":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": idler":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"idle entry 1 + -by (as in the name Crosby )":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-104352",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"idleheaded":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": foolish , stupid , silly":[],
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": out of one's head : delirious , crazy":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-163918",
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"idlehood":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": idleness":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8\u012bd\u1d4al\u02cchu\u0307d"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-081019",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"idleman":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a man of substance who does not need to work for a living":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"-m\u0259n"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-234640",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"idleness":{
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"antonyms":[
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"bum",
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"chill",
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"dally",
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"dawdle",
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"dillydally",
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"drone",
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"footle",
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"goof (off)",
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"hack (around)",
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"hang (around ",
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"hang about",
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"kick around",
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"kick back",
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"laze",
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"lazy",
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"loaf",
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"loll",
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"lounge",
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"veg out"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": having no employment : inactive":[
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"idle workers"
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],
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": having no evident lawful means of support":[],
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": lacking worth or basis : vain":[
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"idle chatter",
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"idle pleasure"
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],
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": not occupied or employed: such as":[],
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": not scheduled to compete":[
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"the team will be idle tomorrow"
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],
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": not turned to normal or appropriate use":[
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"idle farmland"
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],
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": shiftless , lazy":[],
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": to cause to idle":[],
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": to make idle":[
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"workers idled by a strike"
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],
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": to move idly":[],
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": to pass in idleness":[],
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": to run at low power and often disconnected usually so that power is not used for useful work":[
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"the engine is idling"
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],
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": to spend time in idleness":[]
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},
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"examples":[
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"Adjective",
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"There has been a lot of idle speculation about what might happen, but no one really knows.",
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"the idle days of summer",
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"Verb",
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"She left the engine idling for a few seconds before she turned it off.",
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"The cars idled in traffic.",
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"A group of boys idled in the doorway.",
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"The factory closed, idling several hundred workers.",
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"Thousands of workers have been idled by the bad economy.",
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"The factory has been idled by the strike.",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective",
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"Delays and cancellations can push up fuel consumption and costs as aircraft idle on the tarmac waiting for a spot to open up for either takeoff or deplaning. \u2014 Tom Stalnaker, CNN , 22 June 2022",
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"Vice was Monaco\u2019s true draw, no longer just a sport of the idle rich, but an aspirational avocation for the middle class. \u2014 Lauren Groff, The Atlantic , 21 June 2022",
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"CMPs offer enterprises a variety of savings strategies\u2014suggesting steps such as terminating unused or idle instances or rightsizing cloud capacity per need. \u2014 David Drai, Forbes , 21 June 2022",
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"Buses, trains, airports, government offices and public companies came to a halt as hundreds of thousands of workers went idle , called off the job by the powerful Tunisian General Labor Union, which represents more than a million workers. \u2014 New York Times , 16 June 2022",
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"Though most wells have been capped, dozens owned by companies such as Southern California Gas Co., Chevron and Sentinel Peak Resources remain either idle or active. \u2014 Jonah Valdezstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times , 16 June 2022",
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"Should the Fed be encouraging financial institutions to keep money idle in depository accounts",
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"This is idle music, meant to insulate an active mind\u2014to help the listener focus, sleep, and live better. \u2014 Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker , 2 June 2022",
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"Due to low water levels, a line of sailboats sits idle in the parking lot \u2014 but the Great Salt Lake Rowing Club is far from giving up their favorite spot. \u2014 The Salt Lake Tribune , 10 June 2022",
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"Recent Examples on the Web: Verb",
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"The company has told drivers not to idle when possible, but turning trucks on and off also uses more fuel. \u2014 Sean Mcdonnell, cleveland , 14 June 2022",
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"Auto manufacturers worldwide have had to idle factories and slash output as a result, causing shortages of new and used cars. \u2014 Washington Post , 25 Jan. 2022",
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"Auto manufacturers worldwide have had to idle factories and slash output as a result, causing shortages of new and used cars. \u2014 Jeanne Whalen, Anchorage Daily News , 25 Jan. 2022",
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"An AvtoVAZ spokesman said the company planned to idle its plants until at least March 11 due to the global chip shortage that has affected car makers world-wide. \u2014 Nick Kostov And Evan Gershkovich, WSJ , 9 Mar. 2022",
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"Many Western nations have instituted sanctions against Russia, prompting many companies to idle operations there. \u2014 Jamie L. Lareau, Detroit Free Press , 4 Mar. 2022",
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"Next year, the Bay Area Toll Authority, which operates the seven toll bridges owned by Caltrans, plans to start ripping out tollbooths and narrowing the multi-lane plazas where cars idle , waiting to pay tolls. \u2014 Michael Cabanatuan, San Francisco Chronicle , 10 Apr. 2022",
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"Protesters objecting to Covid safety measures continue to idle trucks and camp out in downtown Ottawa, though blockades at the Canadian-U.S. border are standing down. \u2014 Marc Bona, cleveland , 19 Feb. 2022",
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"The chip drought has led to widespread disruptions, including forcing car makers lacking chips to idle plants and driving up prices for some electronic goods. \u2014 Meghan Bobrowsky, WSJ , 26 Jan. 2022"
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],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1592, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 2a":"Verb",
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 2":"Adjective"
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English idel , from Old English \u012bdel ; akin to Old High German \u012btal worthless":"Adjective"
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8\u012b-d\u1d4al"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for idle Adjective vain , nugatory , otiose , idle , empty , hollow mean being without worth or significance. vain implies either absolute or relative absence of value. vain promises nugatory suggests triviality or insignificance. a monarch with nugatory powers otiose suggests that something serves no purpose and is either an encumbrance or a superfluity. a film without a single otiose scene idle suggests being incapable of worthwhile use or effect. idle speculations empty and hollow suggest a deceiving lack of real substance or soundness or genuineness. an empty attempt at reconciliation a hollow victory inactive , idle , inert , passive , supine mean not engaged in work or activity. inactive applies to anyone or anything not in action or in operation or at work. on inactive status as an astronaut inactive accounts idle applies to persons that are not busy or occupied or to their powers or their implements. workers were idle in the fields inert as applied to things implies powerlessness to move or to affect other things; as applied to persons it suggests an inherent or habitual indisposition to activity. inert ingredients in drugs an inert citizenry passive implies immobility or lack of normally expected response to an external force or influence and often suggests deliberate submissiveness or self-control. passive resistance supine applies only to persons and commonly implies abjectness or indolence. a supine willingness to play the fool Verb idle , loaf , lounge , loll , laze mean to spend time doing nothing. idle may be used in reference to persons that move lazily or without purpose. idled the day away loaf suggests either resting or wandering about as though there were nothing to do. she does her work and then loafs the rest of the day lounge , though occasionally used as equal to idle or loaf , typically conveys an additional implication of resting or reclining against a support or of physical comfort and ease in relaxation. he lounged against the wall loll also carries an implication of a posture similar to that of lounge , but places greater stress upon an indolent or relaxed attitude. lolling on the couch laze usually implies the relaxation of a busy person enjoying a vacation or moments of leisure. lazed about between appointments",
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"synonyms":[
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"dead",
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"dormant",
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"fallow",
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"free",
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"inactive",
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"inert",
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"inoperative",
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"latent",
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"off",
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"unused",
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"vacant"
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],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-191706",
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"idler":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": idler pulley":[
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"This new design eliminates idlers and all the maintenance issues associated with the traditional conveyor design.",
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"\u2014 Biomass Magazine"
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],
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": idler wheel":[
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"Some manufacturers use larger drive wheels with smaller idlers that are free to turn on their own axes.",
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"\u2014 Harry H. Poole"
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],
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": one who spends time idly : an idle, inactive, or lazy person":[
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"The idlers in O'Toole's and in the candy store would crowd outside, leaving their beers and chocolate malteds behind.",
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"\u2014 Stephen King",
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"There he assumed the role of society playboy, swell dancer, ready wit and all-around idler , all the while continuing a nearly secret life as a dedicated painter.",
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"\u2014 Frank Getlein",
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"\"He has never done anything\u2014he is a selfish idler .\"",
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"\u2014 Henry James",
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"For this was the regime that was supposed to turn idlers , spongers, beggars and assorted ne'er-do-wells into industrious responsible members of society.",
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"\u2014 Simon Schama"
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]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1534, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8\u012b-d\u1d4al-\u0259r",
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"\u02c8\u012bd-l\u0259r"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-203529",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"idler gear":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a gear for support or guidance instead of power transmission":[],
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": a gear placed between a driving and a driven gear to transfer motion without change of direction or gear ratio":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201816",
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"type":[
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]
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},
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"idler pulley":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a guide or tightening pulley for a belt or chain":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"circa 1890, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-011122",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"idler wheel":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": a wheel, gear, or roller used to transfer motion or to guide or support something":[],
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": idler pulley":[]
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"1929, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-090003",
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"type":[
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]
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},
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"idleset":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": idleness":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"idle entry 1 + set (setting)":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220707-200128",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"idlesse":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"definitions":{
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": the quality or state of being idle : idleness":[]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"first_known_use":{
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"15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"history_and_etymology":{
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"Middle English, from idle + -esse (as in richesse wealth) \u2014 more at riches":""
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8\u012bd-l\u0259s",
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"\u012bd-\u02c8les"
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],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"synonyms":[],
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105751",
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"idle threat":{
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"type":[
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"noun"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": a threat that a person does not really mean to follow through with":[
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"She said she would leave him, but he knew it was an idle threat ."
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-093306"
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},
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"idly":{
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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],
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"definitions":{
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": in an idle manner: such as":[],
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": without much thought, effort or attention":[
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"idly staring out the window",
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"idly flipping from one channel to another",
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"Harry \u2026 doodled idly on his parchment ignoring Hermione's frequent glares and nudges \u2026",
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"\u2014 J. K. Rowling"
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],
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": in a lazy or inactive manner or state":[
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"sat with her hands resting idly in her lap",
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"spent the day lying idly on the couch",
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"Barber left London the next day, and for six months sat idly in Addis Ababa waiting for something to happen.",
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"\u2014 Waverly Root"
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],
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": without taking any action":[
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"\"The time has come to speak,\" she said. \"I cannot stand idly by [=do nothing] and see a young man going to perdition!\"",
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"\u2014 P. G. Wodehouse",
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"\u2026 a party who has been wronged by a breach of contract may not unreasonably sit idly by and allow damages to accumulate.",
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"\u2014 John D. Calamari and Joseph M. Perillo"
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]
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},
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"pronounciation":[
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"\u02c8\u012b-d\u1d4al-\u0113",
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"\u02c8\u012bd-l\u0113"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[],
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"synonym_discussion":"",
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"examples":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{},
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"first_known_use":{
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"before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above":""
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},
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-195133"
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}
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} |