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on hold

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deferred adj.
inactive adj.
postponed adj.
wait n.

ADJECTIVE

deferred

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delayed negotiated postponed

STRONG

adjourned assessed charged pigeonholed prolonged protracted remanded renegotiated scrubbed stalled temporized

WEAK

held up in waiting indebted on the shelf staved off

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advanced forwarded furthered hastened hurried

ADJECTIVE

inactive

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dormant dull idle immobile inoperative jobless passive sedentary sluggish static unemployed unused

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abeyant asleep blah dead disengaged do-nothing down draggy in holding pattern indolent latent lax lethargic limp low-key mothballed motionless ossified out of action out of commission out of service out of work quiescent quiet slack sleepy slothful slow somnolent stable still torpid unoccupied

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active employed energetic lively mobile moving used

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busy involved working

ADJECTIVE

postponed

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delayed suspended

STRONG

adjourned intermitted prorogued scrubbed shelved tabled withheld

WEAK

put off

NOUN

wait

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interval

STRONG

down downtime halt hold interim rest stay

WEAK

holdup time wasted

Antonyms

STRONG

continuation go

WEAK

act doing

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on hold

The duchess put her acting career on hold after her marriage to Prince Harry.

From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026

The original plan was to scrap physics, chemistry and biology as separate courses, but that is on hold until at least 2031.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

“I kinda sorta put my acting career on hold the other day. It’s been something I’ve been petrified to do for years,” Krumholtz said in a post on Threads, per Deadline.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026

An appeals court last week upheld a district court order halting work on the ballroom but put its ruling on hold to allow for the administration to appeal to the Supreme Court.

From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026

Vinny assumed he was about to be offered a job, but soon after they started to talk, Eisman received an emergency call on the other line and put Vinny on hold.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis

on hold

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