Nearby Words
out of action
| Main Entry: |
damaged
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | broken, not working |
| Synonyms: | beat-up, bent, blemished, busted, dinged, down, flawed, flubbed, fouled up, glitched, gone, hurt, impaired, imperfect, in need of repair, in poor condition, in smithereens, injured, kaput, loused up, marred, messed up, mucked up, no go, on the blink, on the fritz, out of action, out of kilter, out of whack, run-down, screwed up, shot, snafued, spoiled, sunk, totaled, unsound |
| Antonyms: | fixed, mended, ok, perfect, repaired, unbroken, undamaged, working |
| Main Entry: | inactive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not engaged in action; inert, lazy |
| Synonyms: | abeyant, asleep, blah*, disengaged, do-nothing, dormant, down, draggy, dull, idle, immobile, in holding pattern, indolent, inoperative, jobless, latent, lax, lethargic, limp, low-key, mothballed, motionless, on hold, ossified, out of action, out of commission, out of service, out of work, passive, quiescent, quiet, sedentary, slack, sleepy, slothful, slow, sluggish, somnolent, stable, static, still, torpid, unemployed, unoccupied, unused |
| Antonyms: | active, busy, involved, working |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | indisposed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not well |
| Synonyms: | ailing, below par, confined, down, down with, feeling rotten, got a bug, ill, infirm, laid up, on sick list, out of action, poorly, sick, sickly, under the weather, unwell |
| Antonyms: | healthy, well |
| Main Entry: | invalid |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sickly |
| Synonyms: | ailing, bedridden, below par, debilitated, disabled, down, feeble, frail, ill, infirm, laid low, on the sick list, out of action, peaked, poorly, run-down, sick, weak |
| Antonyms: | healthy, well |
| Main Entry: | sickly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not healthy |
| Synonyms: | ailing, below par, bilious, cranky, delicate, diseased, down, dragging, faint, feeble, in poor health, indisposed, infirm, lackluster, laid-low, languid, low, mean, off-color, out of action, out of shape, pallid, peaked, peaky, pining, poorly, rocky, run-down, seedy, sickish, unhealthy, wan, weak |
| Antonyms: | fine, healthy, hearty, well, wholesome |
| Main Entry: | unemployed |
| 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: | unhealthy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sick |
| Synonyms: | ailing, below par, debilitated, delicate, diseased, down, dragging, feeble, frail, ill, in a decline, in ill health, in poor health, infirm, invalid, laid low, out of action, out of shape, peaked, poorly, run-down, shaky, sickly, unsound, unwell, weak |
| Antonyms: | healthy, strong, well |
| Main Entry: | disabled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | incapacitated |
| Synonyms: | broken-down, confined, decrepit, disarmed, hamstrung, handicapped, helpless, hurt, incapable, infirm, laid-up, lame, maimed, out-of-action, out-of-commission, paralyzed, powerless, run-down, sidelined, stalled, weakened, worn-out, wounded, wrecked |
| Antonyms: | able, healthy |
| Main Entry: | incapacitated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disabled |
| Synonyms: | bedridden, broken-down, confined, crippled, debilitated, handicapped, helpless, hurt, immobilized, impaired, impotent, incapable, infirm, laid-up, lame, maimed, out of commission, out-of-action, paralyzed, powerless, sidelined, weak, weakened, wornout |
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