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Word entry · 8 letters

downtime

Best crossword clue

"Inactive interval"

8 letters · collected on this word page

8 lettersPronunciation /ˈdaʊntaɪm/Part of speech nounSorted deimnotwStarts with DEnds with E2 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Period when work, service, or a machine is not operating.

Word origin

From down (“out of order; out of service; inoperable”) + time.

Used in a sentence

  • I’ve been working all weekend. I need some downtime.
  • ‘We need to use the downtime, when things are calm, to prepare for when things get serious in the decades to come,’ he [Demis Hassabis] has said. ‘The time we have now is valuable, and we need to make use of it.’

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Inactive interval8 letters
02Period of inactivity8 letters

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