on hold

delayed negotiated postponed

adjourned assessed charged pigeonholed prolonged protracted remanded renegotiated scrubbed stalled temporized

held up in waiting indebted on the shelf staved off

advanced forwarded furthered hastened hurried

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

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

active employed energetic lively mobile moving used

busy involved working

delayed suspended

adjourned intermitted prorogued scrubbed shelved tabled withheld

put off

interval

down downtime halt hold interim rest stay

holdup time wasted

continuation go

act doing