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Adjective
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Heading into the last round, Dacres is tired, but Sirenko is lifeless and seemingly just going through the motions.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
19 July 2025 -
Not long after, Blanca, the daughters, and Abel—Nicolás’ piano student and secret lover—found his lifeless body in the farm’s lake.—
Time,
Time,
18 July 2025
Adjective
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Markus suggested the arrangement is especially important because she has been incarcerated for several years, rendering surprise questions unproductive.—
Aysha Bagchi,
USA Today,
30 July 2025
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This requires understanding people's natural defensive reactions when things go wrong and encouraging problem-solving rather than unproductive blame.—
Elaine Pulakos,
Forbes.com,
30 July 2025
Adjective
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June and July are fallow months, and their viewing will increase when football season begins and original episodes of comedies and dramas return, Fuhrer said.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
16 July 2025
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Collectively, New York’s plethora of semi-disused churches represents a trove of fallow square footage, the real-estate equivalent of sacks of cash tossed in a field.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
27 June 2025
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But just because a stock has been quiescent for a while is no reason to disdain it.—
John Dorfman,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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In the early 2000s, the U.S. invasion of Iraq united Iraqi Kurds in a quest to preserve their autonomy, and the rivalry in greater Kurdistan eclipsed the quiescent Kurdish rivalry within Iraq.—
Behnam Ben Taleblu,
Foreign Affairs,
8 Nov. 2017
Adjective
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What should be a tender, feminist-minded story centered on a young woman rediscovering her dormant childhood dreamer turns into a middling melodrama about being with a cute guy in desperate need of her rescue.—
Courtney Howard,
Variety,
1 Aug. 2025
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After remission, cancer cells may remain dormant for years before spreading— notably in the lungs or other organs—and causing a relapse.—
Hannah Millington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 July 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,
23 July 2025
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The code, though, is now inert, and the AI won’t ever let it be performed.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
Adjective
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Those with a relationship cash value of less than $250,000 can get 0.15% APY on their idle funds, while the largest accounts – those with $10 million or above in cash balances – can pick up 2.28%.—
Darla Mercado, CFP®,
CNBC,
22 July 2025
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Years passed and the farming operation fizzled, then the barn sat idle for nearly three decades.—
Pamela McLoughlin,
Hartford Courant,
17 July 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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Bring The Office Closer To Them As populations grow, the real challenge of coming to the office is long commute times and the resulting nonproductive cycles.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
14 Oct. 2024
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