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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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With the Dolphins potentially short-handed at safety, Elijah Campbell would figure to be active Thursday after being inactive last week.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
29 Oct. 2025
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Her medical license online is currently listed as inactive.—
Youri Benadjaoud,
ABC News,
28 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Grand pianos and half-full liquor bottles collect dust, while colorful children’s playrooms scattered with toys are unsettlingly idle.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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But Samantha Bird, who was laid off from her job as pastry chef for Milles Fleurs restaurant in Rancho Santa Fe, didn’t stay idle for long.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Nov. 2025
Adjective
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No injuries were reported at the unoccupied residence, MDFR said.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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The buildings being vacated were apparently already 40% unoccupied, and a burdensome cost on center resources.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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In the state of Haryana, the government and two big rideshare firms, Uber and Ola, partnered to provide driving jobs for thousands of unemployed youths.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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For the first time in years, there are more people unemployed than jobs available, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Here, then, are 8 financial fixes for anyone with an hour to spare on a sleepy Sunday morning.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
2 Nov. 2025
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For months, New Jersey’s 2025 governor’s race was considered sleepy political theater—the kind expected to reaffirm the state’s blue credentials before national operatives move on.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The bottom line is that responsibility for today’s rising positive results for COVID-19 and other once quiescent ailments like pertussis runs directly through Kennedy and Trump.—
Thomas Elias,
Mercury News,
27 Sep. 2025
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Throughout most of modern history, it was thought that prudent government debt management involved bringing down the ratio of debt to GDP during quiescent periods of growth in order to store fiscal ammunition for the next crisis.—
Kenneth S. Rogoff,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Aug. 2025
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“Unbusy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unbusy. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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