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idle
adjective as in worthless, ineffective
Example Sentences
A high-ankle sprain kept Gus Edwards idle for four weeks, but the running back has a full tank of gas as the Chargers get into the heart of their schedule.
“The freedoms we hold dear in California are under attack and we won’t sit idle,” the governor declared in a statement.
The Gauchos will open the playoffs on Nov. 15 against Dorsey, having not played a game in seven weeks because of forfeits and an idle week.
It was only taken out of idle curiosity one rainy winter’s day – but the shocking result of a DNA test was to force two women and their families to reassess everything they knew about themselves.
Where cars sit idle beneath the open sky, trees might one day arch overhead and couples linger in a waning twilight.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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