in holding pattern

dormant dull idle immobile inoperative jobless passive sedentary sluggish static unemployed unused

abeyant asleep blah dead disengaged do-nothing down draggy indolent latent lax lethargic limp low-key mothballed motionless on hold ossified out of action out of commission out of service out of work quiescent quiet slack sleepy slothful slow somnolent stable still torpid unoccupied

active employed energetic lively mobile moving used

busy involved working