The Clue
Lazy (4 letter answer)
The Answer
IDLE
Tags
Notes
The answer IDLE is very common and appears about once every 38 puzzles.
Related Clues
Fallow
Frivolous
Furloughed
Groundless
Inactive
Indolent
Lallygag
At liberty
Lounge
Nonworking
Off
Otiose
Pointless
Still
Trifling
"Trivolous"
Unemployed
Unoccupied
Useless
Worthless
Doing nothing
Kind of talk
Laid off
Mark time
Not in use
Not working
Nothing doing?
Out of work
Run in neutral
Type of chatter
Wait at the light
Eric of "Monty Python"
Like some hands
"Monty Python" star
No longer working
Not scheduled to play
Twiddling thumbs
Frequent Cleese co-star
Kind of hands that are "the devil's playthings"
Definition
IDLE as a noun:
1. the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling; "the car engine was running at idle"
IDLE as a verb:
1. (idle, tick over) = run disconnected or idle; "the engine is idling"
2. (idle, laze, slug, stagnate) = be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning"
IDLE as an adjective:
1. not in action or at work; "an idle laborer"; "idle drifters"; "the idle rich"; "an idle mind"
2. (baseless, groundless, idle, unfounded, unwarranted, wild) = without a basis in reason or fact; "baseless gossip"; "the allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy"
3. (idle, unused) = not in active use; "the machinery sat idle during the strike"; "idle hands"
4. (idle, light) = silly or trivial; "idle pleasure"; "light banter"; "light idle chatter"
5. (idle, loose) = lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; "idle talk"; "a loose tongue"
6. (dead, idle) = not yielding a return; "dead capital"; "idle funds"
7. (idle, jobless, out of work) = not having a job; "idle carpenters"; "jobless transients"; "many people in the area were out of work"