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idling
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Princeton's WordNet
idleness, idling, loafingnoun
having no employment
Wiktionary
idlingnoun
An idle period; something done idly.
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idling
Idling refers to being idle or in a state of inactivity or doing nothing. In terms of machinery or equipment, it refers to running without actually performing any useful work, often while waiting to be engaged or utilized. In the context of vehicles, idling means running the engine when the vehicle is not in motion.
Webster Dictionary
Idling
of Idle
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of idling in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of idling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of idling in a Sentence
It's costing us money( on time) wasted in traffic -- costing us money on gasoline that we have to spend because we're just sitting wasting it idling.
We've had a policy engine that was idling, we're going to... allow the people of America to really see what Ben Carson really believes about certain things.
It's costing us money to repair our cars from damaged roads and bridges, it's costing us money( on time) wasted in traffic -- costing us money on gasoline that we have to spend because we're just sitting wasting it idling.
It is impossible to enjoy idling unless there is plenty of work to do.
There will probably be a solution centred around the idling of brown coal plants against compensation, it may make sense politically, but it is not economic and not the best solution for climate policy.
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