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idle
adjective as in worthless, ineffective
Example Sentences
Narbonne High’s football team, idle since Sept. 27 after four forfeits by Marine League opponents protesting alleged rule violations, is scheduled to return to the field Friday night with a home game against Dorsey in the City Section Open Division playoffs.
A high-ankle sprain kept Gus Edwards idle for four weeks, but the running back has a full tank of gas as the Chargers get into the heart of their schedule.
“The freedoms we hold dear in California are under attack — and we won’t sit idle,” Newsom wrote.
“The freedoms we hold dear in California are under attack and we won’t sit idle,” the governor declared in a statement.
“The freedoms we hold dear in California are under attack — and we won’t sit idle,” Newsom said in a statement.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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