idle time

noun

1. commerce time during which a machine or a worker could be working but is not, as when one job has been completed and tooling or materials for the next are not complete or available Compare downtime

Example Sentences

She can be directing them to the right offices, and if it’s something outside of her scope, she can send it to her two Senators because they apparently have a lot of idle time right now because they’re doing TikTok videos themselves out in front of my office for publicity stunts.

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I wasn’t balling out of control, but I had some disposable income and idle time.

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And then when I had just idle time, and I was just by myself in my condo, it was just a recipe for craziness.

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They say “Idle time is the devil’s playground.”

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Even if this is true, understaffing leads to neglect in rehabilitation and excessive idle time.

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