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Sense: Adjective: inactive - machine, light, etc.
Synonyms:
inactive, not on, turned off, switched off, dormant, asleep Collocations, not switched on, not turned on, out Collocations
Sense: Adjective: wrong
Synonyms:
wrong Collocations, incorrect, untrue, not right, off base, false Collocations, erroneous, wide of the mark, off the mark
Antonyms:
accurate Collocations, right Collocations, correct Collocations, spot on (informal), bang on (informal), precise Collocations, on the nail, on target, dead on (informal), on the nose (informal)
Sense: Adjective: not working
Synonyms:
not working, not on duty, at home, gone Collocations, on break, on vacation (US), on holiday (UK), on leave, absent Collocations, not here, not there
Antonyms:
on duty, on call, at work, in the office, busy Collocations
Sense: Adjective: slight
Synonyms:
slight Collocations, slim Collocations, small Collocations, outside Collocations, remote Collocations, distant Collocations
Sense: Adjective: substandard
Synonyms:
substandard, sub-standard, subpar, sub-par, bad Collocations, lousy Collocations (informal), crummy (informal), not good, unsatisfactory, unacceptable, suboptimal, sub-optimal, inferior, poor Collocations, shoddy, second-rate
Sense: Adjective: rancid - informal
Synonyms:
rancid, rotten Collocations, bad Collocations, stale Collocations, turned, sour Collocations, decayed, gone off (informal), gone bad, curdled
Sense: Adjective: cancelled - informal
Synonyms:
cancelled, postponed, shelved, off the agenda (informal), out of the question
Sense: Preposition: in the distance
Synonyms:
in the distance, away Collocations, ahead Collocations, behind Collocations
Antonyms:
here Collocations, at hand, handy Collocations, present Collocations, close Collocations, near Collocations, nearby Collocations, within Collocations, inside Collocations, at a stone's throw, within spitting distance (informal), just round the corner
Sense: Adverb: away
Synonyms:
away Collocations, farther away, into the distance, elsewhere Collocations
Antonyms:
returning, coming Collocations, approaching, incoming Collocations, inbound Collocations, in Collocations, coming into focus, backwards, homewards


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