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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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Doubs was also inactive in Weeks 13-14 due to a concussion.—
Rob Reischel,
Forbes.com,
21 Jan. 2026
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Lawyers for Byrd and Smart & Safe Florida are appealing Sjostrom’s decisions at the 1st District Court of Appeal, with the state challenging part of the ruling dealing with inactive voters and the committee appealing the part of the ruling about out-of-state petition gatherers.—
Dara Kam,
Sun Sentinel,
20 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Kaiser nurses statewide began an indefinite strike Monday, restarting picket lines that went idle after a five-day work stoppage in October 2025.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
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With burly melancholy, Wong plays Ah Tseng, a Chinese migrant worker employed — with his young nephews — in the Rock Springs coal mines, though introduced on an idle day off in their makeshift camp.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
26 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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One trustee, Keys Allen, is termed out, and another spot — Alina Mullen’s — has been unoccupied for months.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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Just this one hotel, and all the other islands entirely unoccupied.—
Antonia Quirke,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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As the story begins, Mary and Boo are neighbors, unemployed millennial layabouts who rarely leave their rooms.—
Katie Rife,
IndieWire,
24 Jan. 2026
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Meanwhile, Chito’s family home is at urgent risk of bank foreclosure, with his proud mother Mari (Nana Ponceleon) currently unemployed and sibling Chuy (Josh Benitez) deep in med-school studies.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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In other cases, the reasons for transferring may not be as clear-cut—for instance, a student simply didn’t mesh with the social scene on campus or doesn’t like the sleepy town their college is located in.—
Christopher Rim,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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This recently opened hotel on the sleepy island of Folegandros is set high on the cliffside, surrounded by 80 acres of rugged nature and with the Aegean Sea directly in front.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
22 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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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
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All of that water weight exerts a steady downward pressure, suppressing rifting and magma flow, and keeping the subterranean region relatively quiescent.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
12 Nov. 2025
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“Unbusy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbusy. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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