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time to burn
noun as in downtime
noun as in idleness
Strong matches
noun as in inactivity
Strongest matches
Strong matches
noun as in inertness
Strong matches
noun as in inoperativeness
Weak matches
- dawdling
- dilly-dallying
- dormancy
- droning
- goof-off time
- hibernation
- idleness
- inactivity
- indolence
- inertia
- inertness
- joblessness
- laze
- lazing
- leisure
- lethargy
- loafing
- loitering
- otiosity
- own sweet time
- pottering
- shiftlessness
- sloth
- slothfulness
- slouch
- slowness
- sluggishness
- stagnation
- stupor
- time on one's hands
- time to kill
- time-wasting
- torpidity
- torpor
- trifling
- truancy
- unemployment
- vegetating
Example Sentences
“Do you need time to burn off some fuel before you land?”
“It was not the right time to burn, and there may have even been means taken to get that burn done that were outside the scope,” McKinley said.
Homeowners have been warned that now is "not the right time" to burn garden waste, with firefighters facing up to tackling blazes with fewer resources.
This causes the liquid coolant to take more time to burn off the heat, slowing down its ability to cool the house.
U.S. women’s captain Megan Rapinoe said the other day that it was time to burn down the whole system.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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