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Idle or idol: inactivity, admiration, and spelling

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Use idle for something inactive or unused: The engine was idle at the traffic lights. Use idol for a person or thing that receives great admiration: Her childhood idol signed the book.

The new machine stood idle while the engineer checked its settings.
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