UNBUSY Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

unbusy

adjective

Definition of unbusy

as in inactive

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Recent Examples of unbusy Or, even better, until some productive, unbusy scientist clones me a sister-wife. — Tanika Davis, baltimoresun.com, 15 Nov. 2019

Recent Examples of Synonyms for unbusy

Adjective

When those forces are lacking, as is generally the case in softer tissue, YAP and TAZ remain inactive and stay put outside of the nucleus.

— Karin Wuertz-Kozak, The Conversation, 27 Oct. 2026
But in many cases, recovery doesn’t mean becoming completely inactive.

— Emily Cegielski, Flow Space, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of inactive

Adjective

Among the biggest changes in the country have to do with changes to corporate governance, including the encouragement of companies to eliminate idle cash and focus more on shareholder returns, that's meant to support growth.

— Sarah Min, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026
Supply-chain congestion sometimes causes freight trains to sit idle, leaving them vulnerable to thieves in urban rail yards.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of idle

Adjective

To provide some perspective, billions of dollars are spent annually to operate and maintain outdated and largely unoccupied federal buildings.

— Letters to the Editor, Washington Post, 23 Oct. 2026
With the help of license plate readers and other investigative efforts, police located the pickup near Clement and Mendocino avenues, which was unoccupied.

— Tim Fang, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of unoccupied

Adjective

The movement was formed in May 2026 to protest the government’s cancellation of medical school entrance exams and after India’s Chief Justice Surya Kant likened unemployed youth to cockroaches.

— Amrita Basu, The Conversation, 22 Oct. 2026
Mainly because Larry was now unemployed and only had enough saved up for nine more months.

— Blake J. Harris, HollywoodReporter, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of unemployed

Adjective

Meanwhile, angry residents continue to flood once-sleepy municipal board meetings, pressuring officials to reject data center proposals.

— Marc Levy, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
What was once a boring, sleepy issue where the PUC made decisions more or less in a vacuum is no longer the case.

— Jordan Blum, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026