idle chatter

Frequency: 8.525.5 per million words

unimportant or casual conversation

chatterADJECTIVE + NOUN

Categories:

idle

Examples (10)

  • I wish you'd stop wasting time in idle chatter.
  • The meeting was prolonged by twenty minutes of idle chatter about the weekend.
  • We spent the afternoon engaged in pleasant, idle chatter over coffee.
  • She has no time for the idle chatter and gossip of the neighborhood.
  • Let's cut the idle chatter and get straight to the business at hand.
  • The background noise was a low hum of idle chatter from the other tables in the cafe.
  • There will be no time for idle chatter during the exam; you must focus.
  • Is this relevant to the topic, or is it just idle chatter?
  • Meaningful silence is better than idle chatter.
  • Engaging in idle chatter can sometimes be a way to build rapport with new colleagues.