Idle - Crossword Clue

Crossword Clue Last Updated: 04/01/2023

Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Idle.

9 letter answer(s) to idle

ATLEISURE

6 letter answer(s) to idle

ATREST
OTIOSE
  1. disinclined to work or exertion;
  2. functionless
  3. Indolent
  4. producing no result or effect;
  5. serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being;
UNUSED
  1. infrequently exposed to; "feet unused to shoes"
  2. not in active use; "the machinery sat idle during the strike"; "idle hands"
  3. not yet put into use; "we bought an unused car for a change"
  4. not yet used or soiled; "a fresh shirt"; "a fresh sheet of paper"; "an unused envelope"
  5. pristine

8 letter answer(s) to idle

INACTIVE
  1. (chemistry) not participating in a chemical reaction; chemically inert; "desired amounts of inactive chlorine"
  2. (military) not involved in military operations
  3. (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct ; "a dormant volcano"
  4. (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly
  5. lacking activity; lying idle or unused; "an inactive mine"; "inactive accounts"; "inactive machinery"
  6. lacking in energy or will; "Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself"- George Meredith
  7. not active physically or mentally; "illness forced him to live an inactive life"; "dreamy and inactive by nature"
  8. not engaged in full-time work; "inactive reserve"; "an inactive member"
  9. not exerting influence or change
  10. not in physical motion; "the inertia of an object at rest"
KILLTIME
TICKOVER
  1. A slow running engine in neutral

4 letter answer(s) to idle

LAZY
  1. disinclined to work or exertion;
  2. Idle
  3. moving slowly and gently; "up a lazy river"; "lazy white clouds"; "at a lazy pace"

5 letter answer(s) to idle

NOTON

Other crossword clues with similar answers to 'Idle'

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(Of volcanoes) not extinct but not currently erupting
... free, when retail use has been reviewed
1 down
12 - time held to be impracticable
A very French finale from Bizet, not moving
As new
Available
Be inactive, as old vein's opening in heart
Brand new university students meeting press chief
Brand-new
Broadcast TV OK with Eric Idle
Do-nothing
Dormant
Dormant core of volcano toured by island resident
During first part of play, venue is empty still
Earl following rogue is too vain
Extra
Extracting power from unstable isotope is superfluous
Found close to NW town
Free
Free to neutralise leader fleeing in disgrace
Fresh
Futile debut of one very much sent up during match
Good-for-nothing
Impossible
Impossible idea one's given up
Impossible, however you look at it
In an unhurried manner
In mint condition
Indolent
Journalist follows university students straight out of the factory
Keep going
Lacking a purpose
Lady Godiva's habit was so unacceptable
Lazy
Like a body in Newton's f
Like Mount St. Helens, no
Like some phone minutes
Make slow progress when credit is no longer available
Middle of day, time to stand still
Mint
Mint, virgin
Motionless
Napping
Never getting off one's d
New
New energy has died after artist leaves the planet
New po-faced Welsh Assembly member is ousted
No more credit to do minimal business?
Non-functioning
Non-operational
Not accustomed (to)
Not moving
Not working
Nutmeg caught in local doing nothing
Of no use
Off
One way to repent?
Play solitaire, perhaps
Pointless
Pretentious nonsense! BBC boss taking over symbol of Britishness
Quiescent
Quiescent during penultimate part of Macbeth - and of Hamlet
Redundant
Relaxing in an exam covering one of the three basics?
Remaining American's in for it in team
Remaining mint
Serving no purpose
Shirking working
Sitting
Sloth's middle toe is, surprisingly, superfluous
Slothful
Slow amateur grasps atomic number
Slow-moving
Song about Zulu that’s work-shy
Stationary
Still
Still in the original pac
Still on the shelf
Still relaxing
Still show resistance for second time
Stopped king interrupting a challenge
Stroke ram turning on ewe's neighbour, reportedly
Superfluous
Superfluous measure, so I took some back
Taboo idea I dismissed
Time to stop 12? It's unacceptable
Trials take place here shortly - one has to be still
Unacceptable
Unacceptable and preposterous fashion number
Unacceptable to only score 99?
Unacceptable, even after being overturned
Unacceptable, whichever way you look at it
Unenterprising
Unhastily
Union tended to eschew right for left
Unlike a go-getter
Unlikely to hustle
Unsportsmanlike yo-yoing?
Unwilling to work
When disturbed, I can't — I have to be doing nothing
Work-shy

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