idle
adjective
not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing.
idled
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past participleof idle.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof idle.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
idleadjectivenot working or active; unemployed; doing nothing.
Example Sentences
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That list includes everything from design changes during construction to supply-chain challenges that at times idled a huge on-site labor force.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
His girlfriend, Britany Jacobs, idled their car in a disabled parking spot, accompanied by the couple’s other child.
From Slate ● Jun. 4, 2026
In 1878, confronting the lowest prices for pig iron since colonial times, American ironmasters wondered if the smokestacks on their idled blast furnaces might serve a higher use as astronomical observatories.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 29, 2026
He voiced his rage over an empty reservoir, idled fire trucks and what he called dangerous brush clearance policies.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026
He rushed to the washroom on the seventh floor, sadly in a removed area of the building without a local fire escape, sealing his fate in a stall idled with his own anxious stench.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
