UNBUSY Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

unbusy

adjective

Definition of unbusy

as in inactive

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Recent Examples of unbusy Or, even better, until some productive, unbusy scientist clones me a sister-wife. — Tanika Davis, baltimoresun.com, 15 Nov. 2019

Recent Examples of Synonyms for unbusy

Adjective

Doctors said the lack of blood flow made a small spot in the front left hemisphere of his brain inactive, but those functions could rewire to another region over time.

— Claire Harutunian, Charlotte Observer, 15 July 2026
Like the police report in Sebold’s assault, those cases had also been quickly consigned to the inactive file.

— ProPublica, ProPublica, 14 July 2026

Definition of inactive

Adjective

Wheelchair assistance then forgot about us, and an employee accused me of trying to steal an idle wheelchair.

— Josh Rivera, USA Today, 19 July 2026
That means more idle time for the players, which some see as a steep and unnecessary change at the most important match.

— Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 19 July 2026

Definition of idle

Adjective

During a hearing in May, India's Supreme Court Chief Justice Surya Kant compared the country's unemployed young adults to roaches while referring to criticism of judges on social media.

— Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 20 July 2026
Between August 2024 and this past June, JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France reported that 457 factories ceased operations, leaving roughly 240,000 workers unemployed.

— Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 17 July 2026

Definition of unemployed

Adjective

But only a few days ago, this sleepy community was struck by tragedy when an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent fatally shot Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, a 25-year-old father and Colombian national.

— Carine Hajjar, Washington Post, 21 July 2026
The formerly sleepy economies of suburban Austin, Texas and Syracuse, NY are getting two new semiconductor chip plants.

— Adrian Ma, NPR, 21 July 2026

Definition of sleepy

Adjective

Experts believe the volcano is currently in a quiescent state, but researchers monitor it around the clock.

— Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
For galaxies with a quiescent supermassive black hole, astronomers measure how quickly the stars tightly packed near the center of the galaxy are traveling.

— Mary Ogborn, The Conversation, 25 June 2026