unbusy

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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
  • The International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed the site was inactive and contained no nuclear material, but Israel said the strike was aimed at preventing future weapons development.
    Amanda Castro Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
  • The state Supreme Court still must approve Spolin’s disbarment, but his license will be inactive in the meantime, barring him from working as a lawyer.
    Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2025
Adjective
  • For companies with aspirations to list in the next 12 to 24 months, the current limbo is not a time to sit idle.
    Rene Musech, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
  • These are just 11-on-11 stats compiled by SNY's Connor Hughes, but this says Jaxson Dart isn't coming to work to accept a backup position and sit idle for a year.
    Geoffrey Knox, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025
Adjective
  • Officials believe the hidden cameras are strategically placed by burglary suspects to give them insight into when a target home might be unoccupied.
    Audrey Conklin, FOXNews.com, 12 June 2025
  • The mainstage was unoccupied all day, meaning that fans could camp out for Scott for hours in the hot Houston sun.
    Rory Doherty, Time, 10 June 2025
Adjective
  • Schools Free school meals in schools will be expanded to more than 500,000 children whose parents receive a welfare payment known as Universal Credit, which is available to those who are on a low income, unemployed or unable to work.
    Holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 11 June 2025
  • And in another sign the job market has cooled from the hiring boom of 2021-2023, the Labor Department reported one job every unemployed person.
    Boston Herald Wire Services, Boston Herald, 5 June 2025
Adjective
  • The final picture is a solo shot of Ocean Rain, sleepy and sweetly tucked into a coral blanket embroidered with her name.
    Clea Haran, Parents, 23 June 2025
  • By the end of that summer, the sleepy months had become prime box-office real estate.
    Mark Hughes, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
Adjective
  • But just because a stock has been quiescent for a while is no reason to disdain it.
    John Dorfman, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
  • In the early 2000s, the U.S. invasion of Iraq united Iraqi Kurds in a quest to preserve their autonomy, and the rivalry in greater Kurdistan eclipsed the quiescent Kurdish rivalry within Iraq.
    Behnam Ben Taleblu, Foreign Affairs, 8 Nov. 2017

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“Unbusy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbusy. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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