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Recent Examples of unbusy
Or, even better, until some productive, unbusy scientist clones me a sister-wife.
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Tanika Davis, baltimoresun.com, 15 Nov. 2019
Tanika Davis, baltimoresun.com, 15 Nov. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unbusy
Adjective
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NewJeans, one of the most exciting and innovative recent K-pop groups, has been largely inactive since 2024 due to a baroque legal dispute with the HYBE subsidiary ADOR.—
Mitch Therieau,
New Yorker,
27 Mar. 2026
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Baylor Scheierman and Payton Pritchard would be the top options to start if Brown and/or White are inactive.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The league-leading Avalanche (45-13-10) moved four points ahead of idle Dallas for the top spot in the Western Conference.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2026
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Utah remained six points ahead of the idle Kings for the first wild-card spot in the Western Conference.—
Oc Register,
Oc Register,
21 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The Tucson hit both vehicles and an unoccupied NYPD vehicle before finally coming to a stop after slamming into and wedging under an 18-wheel tractor-trailer.—
Julian Roberts-Grmela,
New York Daily News,
22 Mar. 2026
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Diego Alejandro Escobar Ortega, 37, is now facing a charge of burglary of an unoccupied dwelling.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
20 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Similarly, the number of Californians who are unemployed is 25 percent higher than during the strong labor markets of 2019 and 2022.—
Dan Walters,
Oc Register,
27 Mar. 2026
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After a difficult divorce, an unemployed actor goes to absurd lengths to create an alter ego in order to spend time with his kids in this musical comedy.—
Domenica Bongiovanni,
IndyStar,
25 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The film is weirdly slow and sleepy, and at least 20 minutes too long.—
Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
26 Mar. 2026
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These sleepy puppies are right there with you—expert-level napping, zero meetings required.—
Ronnie Li,
USA Today,
23 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Local Democratic politicians were strangely quiescent, despite a pre–Catahoula Crunch poll showing that nearly 80 percent of New Orleans residents opposed the deployment.—
Daniel Brook,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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But the astronomers suspect this kind of bursty young galaxy in the early universe may someday evolve into what's known as a massive quiescent galaxy in the modern-day cosmos.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
21 Nov. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Unbusy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbusy. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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