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Adjective
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The films themselves, however, are lifeless.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
19 May 2026 -
The lifeless animal was discovered and reported by a group of five hunters, led by Sung-ki (Zo In-sung), by far the savviest of the bunch.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2026
Adjective
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Never committing to any one character’s point of view, Balagov and Stepnova’s script freewheels in meandering but mostly disarming fashion between these strands, with an errant storytelling rhythm aptly reflective of lives that are at once static and in perpetually unproductive motion.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
13 May 2026
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Anyone who suppresses grief, fear, or doubt because they were taught that those feelings are unproductive.—
Wyles Daniel,
USA Today,
11 May 2026
Adjective
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The company has about 150 solar projects in its North American portfolio with the bulk of those developments on fallow land, hayfields and former farmland.—
Ayurella Horn-Muller,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2026
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Others turn to commercial renewable energy leases as both an alternative income stream and a way to put fallow land to work.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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On the eighth, an older dormant function remained active and began generating unintended trades when markets opened.—
Aditya Vikram Kashyap,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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Granted, Becerra has had a hard week, with a gaffe with a reporter that went viral and a plea deal by a former aide in that case of money misappropriated from his dormant campaign account.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2026
Adjective
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Flights via the Gulf are being restored as the Iran conflict remains quiescent, but tourists are staying away from the region itself.—
Tom Chivers,
semafor.com,
7 May 2026
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Local Democratic politicians were strangely quiescent, despite a pre–Catahoula Crunch poll showing that nearly 80 percent of New Orleans residents opposed the deployment.—
Daniel Brook,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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As a result, people can become extremely apathetic, not motivated to do anything, and seemingly inert.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
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Sadly, Luna’s inert fourth feature behind the camera, Ashes (Ceniza en la Boca), is unlikely to course-correct that faltering trajectory.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2026
Adjective
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After months of mounting hype and idle space, the 2026 NFL schedule has finally been unveiled in full.—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
16 May 2026
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These days, the 007 sits idle while schools of fish nibble at the algae that grows on its barriers.—
Scotty Reiss,
Forbes.com,
14 May 2026
Adjective
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Returning nonproductive properties to the tax rolls, creating jobs and boosting the quality of life are only some of the benefits of redeveloping troubled properties.—
Doug Ross,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2026
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Pruning also thins nonproductive stems, allowing light to reach the interior of the tree and ripen the fruit.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Dec. 2025
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