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Adjective
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Their bodies were found lifeless on June 2 with plastic bags over their heads and evidence that their hands had been zip-tied near their father's truck in a campground.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025 -
The Gala is lifeless, and not in the fun death-y way the Addams family loves.—
Jessica M. Goldstein,
Vulture,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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It is often characterized as a unproductive fixation on an idealized past, one that prevents people from living in the present and planning for the future.—
Pamela N. Danziger,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Houston currently leads the division but continues a major tailspin, particularly with an unproductive offense.—
Tim Crowley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Of course, this fallow year came during the ‘golden generation’ period.—
Michael Cox,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Unless a rice field is fallow that year, or harvested early, that leaves conservationists looking for other options.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Throughout most of modern history, it was thought that prudent government debt management involved bringing down the ratio of debt to GDP during quiescent periods of growth in order to store fiscal ammunition for the next crisis.—
Kenneth S. Rogoff,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Aug. 2025
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Khanna is one of a number of progressive congressional Democrats encouraged by the party to appear in red-district town halls in an attempt to rebut impressions that the party is quiescent in the face of Trump’s onslaught.—
Andrew Cockburn,
Harpers Magazine,
16 July 2025
Adjective
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An opportunity to wake a dormant gift.—
Seth Wickersham,
The Atlantic,
8 Sep. 2025
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The Macy’s building sat dormant for over a decade.—
Jenna Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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What once seemed inert may actually be an active player in both technology and nature.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Sep. 2025
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The statue, unfortunately, is inert.—
Sally Jenkins,
The Atlantic,
30 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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By selectively powering down idle components, Arcam claims the overall noise floor is significantly decreased.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The Irish are 0-1 and staring at an idle weekend with plenty to work on after a 27-24 loss in Miami on the Sunday night of Week 1.—
Pete Sampson,
New York Times,
2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Course of trade in the oil industry often leaves the public on the hook for nonproductive well cleanup costs, including capping.—
Andrew Leahey,
Forbes,
7 Jan. 2025
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Buoyed by the early promise of its Dravet therapeutic, the company developed a second drug candidate, STK-002, that similarly targets splicing to turn nonproductive gene transcripts into constructive ones.—
Elie Dolgin,
Discover Magazine,
26 Apr. 2023
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“Stagnating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stagnating. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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