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downtime
/ ˈ岹ʊˌٲɪ /
noun
commerce time during which a machine or plant is not working because it is incapable of production, as when under repair: the term is sometimes used to include all nonproductive time Compare idle time
informaltime spent not working; spare time
Example Sentences
She writes during her downtime making “Godzilla x Kong” — there’s a lot of downtime on a movie like that — and has come up with seven or eight songs, each playing off core memories.
"This was downtime for them in a very busy time and it was an attempt to be discreet," said Mark Lewisohn, a historian, biographer and well-respected authority on the Beatles.
He has been doing up-downs in his bullpens, too, to simulate the downtime he will experience between innings when he returns to a big-league mound.
But she's put the downtime to good use.
Just last week, Kennedy told American parents to “do your own research” on vaccines as if the average American mother is capable of running a double-blind study at her kitchen table in her abundant downtime.
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