Idle
Crossword Clue and Answers

Looking for answers to the "Idle" crossword clue? it's your lucky day, we have them! Today we have 57 crossword solutions for Idle.

We most recently saw this clue in Irish Independent - Simple.

We deem Idle to be a VERY COMMON crossword clue as we've seen it more than 57 times in a variety of crossword publications.

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Publications

  • Irish Independent - Simple - Thursday, 18 Nov 2021
  • Irish Independent - Simple - Saturday, 23 Oct 2021
  • The Daily Mail Quick - Tuesday, 12 Oct 2021
  • The Sun Cryptic - Saturday, 17 Jul 2021
  • The Guardian Quick - Thursday, 12 Nov 2020
  • The New York Times Crossword - Friday, 3 Jan 2020
  • The New York Times Crossword - Wednesday, 25 Sep 2019
  • The New York Times Crossword - Friday, 19 Jul 2019
  • The New York Times Crossword - Saturday, 5 Nov 2016

Crossword Answers

3 letters

OFF
Kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"

4 letters

LOLL
Be lazy or idle; "Her son is just bumming around all day"

LOAF
A quantity of food (other than bread) formed in a particular shape; "meat loaf"; "sugar loaf"; "a loaf of cheese"

LAZE
Be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning"

SLUG
(boxing) a blow with the fist; "I gave him a clout on his nose"

DEAD
People who are no longer living; "they buried the dead"

WILD
A wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition; "it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers"

LIED
A German art song of the 19th century for voice and piano

LAZY
Disinclined to work or exertion; "faineant kings under whose rule the country languished"; "an indolent hanger-on"; "too lazy to wash the dishes"; "shiftless idle youth"; "slothful employees"; "the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy"

VAIN
Unproductive of success; "a fruitless search"; "futile years after her artistic peak"; "a sleeveless errand"; "a vain attempt"

5 letters

LOOSE
Become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed"

LIGHT
A device for lighting or igniting fuel or charges or fires; "do you have a light?"

NOTON

NOTON

EMPTY
A container that has been emptied; "return all empties to the store"

STILL
(poetic) tranquil silence; "the still of the night"

INERT
Having only a limited ability to react chemically; chemically inactive; "inert matter"; "an indifferent chemical in a reaction"

6 letters

LOUNGE
A room (as in a hotel or airport) with seating where people can wait

ATREST

ATREST
Dead; "he is deceased"; "our dear departed friend"

OTIOSE
Disinclined to work or exertion; "faineant kings under whose rule the country languished"; "an indolent hanger-on"; "too lazy to wash the dishes"; "shiftless idle youth"; "slothful employees"; "the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy"

LOITER
Be about; "The high school students like to loiter in the Central Square"; "Who is this man that is hanging around the department?"

UNUSED
Not yet put into use; "we bought an unused car for a change"

FALLOW
Cultivated land that is not seeded for one or more growing seasons

7 letters

DORMANT
(of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct ; "a dormant volcano"

JOBLESS
Not having a job; "idle carpenters"; "jobless transients"; "many people in the area were out of work"

WAITING
The act of waiting (remaining inactive in one place while expecting something); "the wait was an ordeal for him"

LOAFING
Having no employment

8 letters

KILLTIME

INDOLENT
Disinclined to work or exertion; "faineant kings under whose rule the country languished"; "an indolent hanger-on"; "too lazy to wash the dishes"; "shiftless idle youth"; "slothful employees"; "the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy"

TRIFLING
The deliberate act of delaying and playing instead of working

TICKOVER
Run disconnected or idle; "the engine is idling"

INACTIVE
Not active physically or mentally; "illness forced him to live an inactive life"; "dreamy and inactive by nature"

SLOTHFUL
Disinclined to work or exertion; "faineant kings under whose rule the country languished"; "an indolent hanger-on"; "too lazy to wash the dishes"; "shiftless idle youth"; "slothful employees"; "the unemployed are not necessarily work-shy"

STAGNATE
Cause to stagnate; "There are marshes that stagnate the waters"

BASELESS
Without a basis in reason or fact; "baseless gossip"; "the allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy"

9 letters

UNFOUNDED
Without a basis in reason or fact; "baseless gossip"; "the allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy"

ATLIBERTY

OUTOFWORK
Not having a job; "idle carpenters"; "jobless transients"; "many people in the area were out of work"

FRIVOLOUS
Not serious in content or attitude or behavior; "a frivolous novel"; "a frivolous remark"; "a frivolous young woman"

POINTLESS
Not having a point especially a sharp point; "my pencils are all pointless"

UNENGAGED
Not promised in marriage; "continued seeing him but on an unengaged basis"

SHIFTLESS
Lacking or characterized by lack of ambition or initiative; lazy; "a shiftless student"; "studied in a shiftless way"

ATLEISURE
In an unhurried way or at one's convenience; "read the manual at your leisure"; "he traveled leisurely"

10 letters

MOTIONLESS
Not in physical motion; "the inertia of an object at rest"

UNEMPLOYED
People who are involuntarily out of work (considered as a group); "the long-term unemployed need assistance"

NONWORKING

UNOCCUPIED
Not leased to or occupied by a tenant; "an unoccupied apartment"; "very little unclaimed and untenanted land"

DISENGAGED

GROUNDLESS
Without a basis in reason or fact; "baseless gossip"; "the allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy"

11 letters

UNWARRANTED
Incapable of being justified or explained

ONTHESTREET

BETWEENJOBS

MEANINGLESS
Having no meaning or direction or purpose; "a meaningless endeavor"; "a meaningless life"; "a verbose but meaningless explanation"

12 letters

NOTHINGDOING

UNPRODUCTIVE
Not producing desired results; "the talks between labor and management were unproductive"

13 letters

NONPRODUCTIVE
Not directly productive; "nonproductive labor"