different between idle vs inconsequential
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
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inconsequential
English
Etymology
in- +? consequential.
Pronunciation
- (Canada) IPA(key): /?n?k?ns??kw?n??l/
- (UK) IPA(key): /?n?k?n.s??kw?n.??l/
Adjective
inconsequential (comparative more inconsequential, superlative most inconsequential)
- Having no consequence; not consequential; of little importance.
- You will never know the exact atomic time when you started reading this phrase; of course, that's inconsequential.
- Not logically following from the premises.
Synonyms
- unimportant
- negligible
- trivial
- trifling
- See also Thesaurus:insignificant
Derived terms
- inconsequentiality
- inconsequentially
- inconsequentialness
Translations
Noun
inconsequential (plural inconsequentials)
- Something unimportant; something that does not matter.
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