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

Slayton was possibly on the verge of being inactive Sunday night against the Dallas Cowboys.

— Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 7 Sep. 2026
Coach Kevin Stefanski said Monday that Cooper Rush will back up Tagovailoa and Penix will be inactive.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of inactive

Adjective

The rig first crushed a construction trailer with two workers inside and an unoccupied car, Sanchez said.

— David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2026
Cage is reportedly the owner of the mansion on California's south coast, according to The Los Angeles Times and NBC News, which reports that the home is unoccupied and that there was a gas leak due to the sinkhole.

— Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of unoccupied

Adjective

In 2019, Jay-Z faced blowback for the NFL deal, as many viewed it as his turning his back on Kaepernick, who remained unemployed by the league.

— Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 2 Sep. 2026
Living costs are high and hiring is weak while roughly 1 in 4 unemployed job seekers spends six months or more looking for work.

— Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of unemployed

Adjective

Booksellers like Payne typically post their holdings on multiple websites, such as AbeBooks, Alibris, Amazon, and Biblio, with Alibris widely considered to be the sleepiest revenue stream of the bunch.

— Francesca Mancino, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2026
For most of their lives, the tracks were a sleepy industrial bypass known as the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway.

— John Lippert, Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 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