idle time
idle time · idle times
A period of time in which an employee or a machine is ready and available, but is not…A period of time in which an employee or a machine is ready and available, but is not carrying out any productive work.
» He idles away the time.
Він вбиває час.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)A period of time in which an employee or a machine is ready and available, but is not carrying out any productive work.
Examples
4 sentencesHe idles away the time.
Він вбиває час.
Idling away your time is not good.
Our teacher has often told us not to idle away our time.
He idles away his time.
Forms
plural: idle times| Singular | idle time |
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regular
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable