downtime

downtime
/down"tuym'/, n.
1. a time during a regular working period when an employee is not actively productive.
2. an interval during which a machine is not productive, as during repair, malfunction, maintenance. Also called dead time.
[1925-30; DOWN1 + TIME]

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