different between idle vs fruitless
idle
English
Etymology
From Middle English idel, ydel, from Old English ?del, from Proto-Germanic *?dalaz. Cognate with Dutch ijdel (“vain, meaningless”), German Low German iedel (“vain, idle”), German eitel (“vain, conceited”), and possibly Old Norse illr ("bad"; > English ill).
Pronunciation
- enPR: ??d(?)l, IPA(key): /?a?d(?)l/
- Rhymes: -a?d?l
- Homophones: idol, idyll, idyl (US pronunciation)
Adjective
idle (comparative more idle, superlative most idle)
- (obsolete) Empty, vacant.
- Not being used appropriately; not occupied; (of time) with no, no important, or not much activity.
- Not engaged in any occupation or employment; unemployed; inactive; doing nothing in particular.
- Averse to work, labor or employment; lazy; slothful.
- “I don't mean all of your friends—only a small proportion—which, however, connects your circle with that deadly, idle, brainless bunch—the insolent chatterers at the opera, the gorged dowagers, the worn-out, passionless men, the enervated matrons of the summer capital, […]!”
- Of no importance; useless; worthless; vain; trifling; thoughtless; silly.
- (obsolete) Light-headed; foolish.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Ford to this entry?)
Synonyms
- (of no importance): pointless
- See also Thesaurus:lazy
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
idle (third-person singular simple present idles, present participle idling, simple past and past participle idled)
- (transitive) To spend in idleness; to waste; to consume.
- (intransitive) To lose or spend time doing nothing, or without being employed in business.
- to idle in an IRC channel
- 1939, Joan Evans, Chateaubriand (page 32)
- He had already heard of the young man's projected journey — evidently the Comte de Combourg had written many letters while his son idled at St. Malo […]
- (intransitive) Of an engine: to run at a slow speed, or out of gear; to tick over.
Derived terms
- idler
Related terms
- (sense 3) idling speed
Translations
Noun
idle (plural idles)
- The state of idling, of being idle.
- (gaming) An idle animation.
- (gaming) An idle game.
- Synonyms: idle game, incremental game
References
- idle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- idle in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- idle in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- Diel, deli, diel, eild, lied
idle From the web:
- what idle means
- what idle means in discord
- what idle stands for
- what's idle on discord
- what's idle python
- what idle means in pubg
- what's idle speed
- what idle air control valve
fruitless
English
Etymology
From fruit +? -less. Compare Middle English withouten fruyt (“fruitless”, literally “without fruit”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?f?u?tl?s/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?f?utl?s/
- Hyphenation: fruit?less
Adjective
fruitless (comparative more fruitless, superlative most fruitless)
- Bearing no fruit; barren.
- (figuratively) Unproductive, useless.
- (figuratively, archaic) Of a person: unable to have children; barren, infertile.
- (rare) Of a diet, etc.: without fruit.
Alternative forms
- fruitlesse (obsolete)
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:futile
Antonyms
- fruitful
- (unproductive): effective, efficacious, productive, useful
Derived terms
- fruitlessly
- fruitlessness
Translations
Anagrams
- resistful
fruitless From the web:
- fruitless meaning
- fruitless what does it mean
- what is fruitless and wasteful expenditure
- what does fruitless crown mean in macbeth
- what does fruitless crown mean
- what is fruitless expenditure
- what are fruitless deeds of darkness
- what does fruitless effort mean
Share
Tweet
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share
you may also like
- idle vs fruitless
- elated vs merry
- congress vs company
- festival vs shivoo
- temper vs slake
- wrest vs winkle
- sublime vs rapturous
- perturbation vs sensation
- awesome vs startling
- concern vs sentiment
- chum vs lover
- duress vs violence
- sense vs detection
- aggravate vs rankle
- sprinkle vs downpour
- station vs rank
- concentrated vs heavy
- graceful vs winsome
- embarrassment vs slap
- pester vs heckle