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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | without a job |
| Synonyms: | at liberty, between jobs, closed down, disengaged, down, fired, free, idle, inactive, jobless, laid off, leisured, loafing, on layoff, on the bench, on the dole, on the shelf, out of a job, out of action, out of work, resting, unapplied, underemployed, unengaged, unexercised, unoccupied, unused, without gainful employment, workless |
| Antonyms: | employed, occupied |
| Main Entry: | recessive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | passive |
| Synonyms: | dormant, inactive, latent, latent, receding, regressive, relapsing, suspended |
| Antonyms: | dominant, overbalancing, prevailing |
| Main Entry: | sleeping |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dormant |
| Synonyms: | asleep, conked, crashed, dozing, dreaming, inactive, inert, napping, snoozing, unconscious |
| Main Entry: | unoccupied |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | idle |
| Synonyms: | disengaged, inactive, lazy, loitering, quiescent, unemployed, unengaged |
| Antonyms: | active, busy, engaged, industrious, occupied |
| Main Entry: | unoccupied |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not occupied |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, deserted, empty, free, idle, inactive, uninhabited, vacant |
| Antonyms: | occupied, populated |
| Main Entry: | sleeping |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | asleep |
| Synonyms: | abed, comatose, dormant, inactive, latent, slumbering, unconscious |
| Antonyms: | waking |
| Main Entry: | retired |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | done working |
| Synonyms: | cidevant, cloistered, discharged, emeritus, humble, immured, inactive, otiose, retiring, secluded, sequestered, shy, superannuated, unfrequented, withdrawn |
| Main Entry: | otiose |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | useless |
| Synonyms: | empty, futile, hollow, idle, inactive, indolent, ineffective, laggard, lazy, slothful, sterile, superfluous, surplus, vain |
| Main Entry: | abeyant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | latent |
| Synonyms: | dormant, inactive, inoperative, quiescent, sleeping, suspended |
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