Unused and Working

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Unused adjective – Not being in a state of use, activity, or employment.

Usage example: is there an unused cubicle that the temp could work out of?

Working is an antonym for unused.

Nearby Words: unusual, unusable

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Working adjective – Being in effective operation.

Unused is an antonym for working.

Nearby Words: work, works, worked, workable, worker

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There is also a fully working and sprited Soldier with a Cannon, who simply is unused.

Source: Video Game / The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past
Their Animalism stops working so well on mammals, works better on bugs, and they take advantage of the fact that their insides are unused to act as colonies for insects.

Source: Tabletop Game / Vampire: The Requiem
Any actually working laboratory (not the unused showpieces) looks like this.

Source: Used Future

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Working and Unused. (2016). Retrieved 2021, January 19, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/unused/working

Unused & Working. N.p., 2016. Web. 19 Jan. 2021. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/unused/working>.

Working or Unused. 2016. Accessed January 19, 2021. https://thesaurus.plus/related/unused/working.

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