Not working - Crossword Clue

Crossword Clue Last Updated: 30/06/2026

Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Not working.

4 letter answer(s) to not working

DEAD
  1. (followed by `to') not showing human feeling or sensitivity; unresponsive; "passersby were dead to our plea for help"; "numb to the cries for mercy"
  2. a time when coldness (or some other quality associated with death) is intense; "the dead of winter"
  3. complete; "came to a dead stop"; "utter seriousness"
  4. completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers;
  5. devoid of activity; "this is a dead town; nothing ever happens here"
  6. devoid of physical sensation; numb; "his gums were dead from the novocain"; "she felt no discomfort as the dentist drilled her deadened tooth"; "a public desensitized by continuous television coverage of atrocities"
  7. drained of electric charge; discharged; "a dead battery"; "left the lights on and came back to find the battery drained"
  8. lacking acoustic resonance; "dead sounds characteristic of some compact discs"; "the dead wall surfaces of a recording studio"
  9. lacking resilie
IDLE
  1. be idle; exist in a changeless situation; "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"; "He slugged in bed all morning"
  2. dormant
  3. lacking a sense of restraint or responsibility; "idle talk"; "a loose tongue"
  4. not having a job; "idle carpenters"; "jobless transients"; "many people in the area were out of work"
  5. not in action or at work; "an idle laborer"; "idle drifters"; "the idle rich"; "an idle mind"
  6. not in active use; "the machinery sat idle during the strike"; "idle hands"
  7. not yielding a return; "dead capital"; "idle funds"
  8. run disconnected or idle; "the engine is idling"
  9. silly or trivial; "idle pleasure"; "light banter"; "light idle chatter"
  10. the state of an engine or other mechanism that is idling; "the car engine was running at idle"
  11. without a basis in reason or fact; "baseless gossip"; "the allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy"

8 letter answer(s) to not working

INACTIVE
  1. (chemistry) not participating in a chemical reaction; chemically inert; "desired amounts of inactive chlorine"
  2. (military) not involved in military operations
  3. (of e.g. volcanos) not erupting and not extinct ; "a dormant volcano"
  4. (pathology) not progressing or increasing; or progressing slowly
  5. lacking activity; lying idle or unused; "an inactive mine"; "inactive accounts"; "inactive machinery"
  6. lacking in energy or will; "Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself"- George Meredith
  7. not active physically or mentally; "illness forced him to live an inactive life"; "dreamy and inactive by nature"
  8. not engaged in full-time work; "inactive reserve"; "an inactive member"
  9. not exerting influence or change
  10. not in physical motion; "the inertia of an object at rest"
ONSTRIKE

5 letter answer(s) to not working

KAPUT
  1. destroyed or killed; "we are gone geese"

3 letter answer(s) to not working

OFF
  1. (of events) no longer planned or scheduled; "the wedding is definitely off"
  2. at a distance in space or time; "the boat was 5 miles off (or away)"; "the party is still 2 weeks off (or away)"; "away back in the 18th century"
  3. below a satisfactory level; "an off year for tennis"; "his performance was off"
  4. from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete); "ran away from the lion"; "wanted to get away from there"; "sent the children away to boarding school"; "the teacher waved the children away from the dead animal"; "went off to school"; "they drove off"; "go forth and preach"
  5. in an unpalatable state; "sour milk"
  6. kill intentionally and with premeditation;
  7. no longer on or in contact or attached; "clean off the dirt"; "he shaved off his mustache"
  8. not in operation or operational; "the oven is off"; "the lights are off"
  9. not performing or scheduled for duties; "He's off every Tuesday"

7 letter answer(s) to not working

OFFDUTY
ONLEAVE

Frequently asked questions about ‘Not working’

What's the best solution for Not working?

The most likely answer for the crossword clue Not working is OFF. Other possible answers include DEAD, IDLE, INACTIVE, KAPUT, OFFDUTY, ONLEAVE, ONSTRIKE.

How many solutions are there for Not working?

We have found 8 possible answers for the crossword clue Not working.

Which crosswords feature clues like Not working?

Clues like Not working often appear in daily crosswords from publications such as The Guardian Cryptic, Daily Mail Cryptic, The i Paper, Daily Express, Evening Standard, among others.

Other crossword clues with similar answers to 'Not working'

ClueAnswers
Still19
Off17
Empty14
Shot12
Take out10
Idle9
Ruined9
Trifling9
Lazy7
Lounge7
Not going anywhere7
Pooped7
Away6
Dead6
Done for5
Lifeless5
Motionless5
Out of action5
Pink-slip5
Totaled5
Unoccupied5
Absolutely4
Finito4
Indolent4
No more4
Away, in a way3
Broadway opening?3
Conked out3
Dormant3
Frivolous3
Going nowhere3
Inactive3
Kind of talk3
Knock about3
Like some fears3
No longer living3
No longer working3
Not active3
Not occupied3
Not running3
Obsolete3
Unused3
Wide of the mark3
Amiss2
At leisure2
Avoiding work2
Baseless2
Casual2
Defunct2
Do nothing2

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