Meaning & use
downtime
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A period when something, such as a machine or system, is not working, or time when a person is not working and can relax.
See it in a sentence
The factory scheduled downtime for essential maintenance over the weekend.
After a stressful week, she used the weekend as downtime to recharge.
A note on using this word
'Downtime' can refer to unplanned technical outages or planned rest, so context usually clarifies which meaning is intended.
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