as in lifeless
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Adjective
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After an all-out war between Jacob and his enemies, scores of lifeless bodies are left on the platform in a win for the current and future Duttons, including that of Banner Creighton (Jerome Flynn).—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Apr. 2025 -
That renders every emotional moment (what made the original Lion King so terrific) utterly lifeless.—
Barry Levitt,
TIME,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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By this point, intimacy is a rarity, communication is unproductive and emotional reciprocity is a thing of a past.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Without opportunities for growth, employees risk becoming disengaged and unproductive, which harms the organization’s culture and competitiveness.—
Toyna Chin,
Forbes,
21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Only one opened during the fallow years of the 1980s and '90s.—
Robert F. Moss,
Southern Living,
11 Mar. 2025
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Next year, Glastonbury will take a fallow year to allow Worthy Farm to recover, making the demand to attend this year’s edition even greater than usual.—
Ellise Shafer,
Variety,
6 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Nee and Dimond’s story was sweet and innocent, its L.G.B.T.Q. allegory quiescent beneath an uncontroversial message of acceptance.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
8 Apr. 2025
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China now has a large, prosperous middle class that is quiescent out of realistic caution but yearns for more freedom.—
Andrew J. Nathan,
Foreign Affairs,
30 May 2019
Adjective
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Similarly, a fractional COO could focus on scaling operations during a rapid growth phase and lay dormant during less operationally challenging times.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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The real culprits, of course, are those bio-raptors who have a severe allergic reaction to light, and (much like certain species of cicada) have lain dormant for years on end.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
2 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Originally supposed to fly Sierra Space Dream Chaser test flight, but payload switched to an inert mass simulator because of potential Dream Chaser delays beyond October launch date.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
6 Apr. 2025
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But unlike many painting shows at MoMA, those works—mostly paintings, along with a smattering of sculptures and some prints—don’t just hang there, inert.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
20 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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These men would have long periods of time being idle, and the contrast between boredom and peril is pretty extreme.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Apr. 2025
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At 45-32, the Clippers are tied with the No. 6 Minnesota Timberwolves and No. 8 Memphis Grizzlies, who were both idle.—
Janis Carr,
Oc Register,
5 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Course of trade in the oil industry often leaves the public on the hook for nonproductive well cleanup costs, including capping.—
Andrew Leahey,
Forbes,
7 Jan. 2025
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But there are productive and nonproductive ways to respond.—
Carlo J.V. Caro,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Mar. 2017
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“Stagnating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stagnating. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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