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be inactive

VERB
laze
Synonyms
STRONGEST
loiter loll saunter
STRONG
bum dally dillydally dream drift evade goldbrick lie loaf lounge malinger piddle relax shirk slack stall stroll trifle vegetate
WEAK
be indolent be slothful be unoccupied bum around do nothing fool around fritter away hang out kill time knock around let down lounge around not lift a finger pass time sit around slow down stand around take it easy twiddle thumbs waste time while away hours
Antonyms
STRONG
do face meet
VERB
loaf
Synonyms
STRONGEST
laze loll
STRONG
bum dally dillydally dream drift evade goldbrick idle lie loiter lounge malinger piddle relax saunter shirk slack stall stroll trifle vegetate
WEAK
be indolent be slothful be unoccupied bum around fool around fritter away hang out kill time knock around let down lounge around not lift a finger pass time sit around slow down stand around take it easy twiddle thumbs waste time while away hours
Antonyms
STRONG
do face hurry meet run rush
WEAK
achieve energize labor work hard

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The state Supreme Court still must approve Spolin’s disbarment, but his license will be inactive in the meantime, barring him from working as a lawyer.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 18, 2025

He played in Switzerland for a bit but appears to be inactive this season.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2024

TPRX2 is thought to be inactive as a pseudogene, as an essential transcriptional activator in these initial phases of development.

From Science Daily • Feb. 6, 2024

A quarter of adults in England are currently deemed to be inactive, with more than 11m doing less than 30 minutes of activity in total a week.

From BBC • Nov. 6, 2023

The only way to be inactive is to be dead.

From Psychology A Study Of Mental Life by Woodworth, Robert S.

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