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[awf, of] / ɔf, ɒf /

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gone; remote adj.
inferior; spoiled adj.
apart, away adv.

ADJECTIVE

gone; remote

Synonyms

STRONGEST

outside

STRONG

absent canceled finished postponed slight slim

WEAK

inoperative negligible not employed not on duty on vacation slender small unavailable

Antonyms

WEAK

here on present

ADJECTIVE

inferior; spoiled

Synonyms

STRONG

decomposed disappointing disheartening displeasing mortifying quiet slack sour turned

WEAK

bad low-quality not up to par not up to snuff poor putrid rancid rotten substandard unrewarding unsatisfactory

ADVERB

apart, away

Synonyms

STRONGEST

ahead aside below elsewhere far out over

STRONG

absent disappearing removed vanishing

WEAK

above afar away from behind beneath beside divergent farther away gone away in the distance not here to one side turning aside up front

Antonyms

WEAK

close here present

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Injuries have kept Lloyd off the field for all but one game in his two seasons with the Packers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 31, 2026

Lizzy said she set off at 06:30 on Monday to get a good seat for the parade.

From BBC ● Aug. 31, 2026

This season combines two books from Mick Herron’s best-selling series, “Joe Country” and “Slough House,” and finds Jackson Lamb & Co. on the defensive as someone’s killing off Slow Horses past and present.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

Former Rep. Mike Rogers is fending off similar barbs from progressive candidate Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan as they face off for an open Senate seat.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

Soon enough, she is carted off to the University of Santo Tomas in the heart of Manila.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

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