Words similar to idle

Example sentences for: idle

How can you use “idle” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

These aren't idle questions.
English has long had various ways of mimicking the generic sound of spoken language, the noise of a crowd, or idle chatter (chatter being such a word).
Even Eric Idle, the movie's star , dismissed the film as "not funny."
--comprising guys who have gained 50 pounds since high school, guys who know their way around a search engine but, what with the wife and the child support and the gas bills and all those $7 bottles of wine, lack the loose dollars and idle time that can buy true American style.
The words man, well hard, wicked , and swear-words are not simply idle padding for a sentence, they are an intrinsic part of the language.