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adjective

as in unusable

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verb

past tense of deactivate
as in killed
to cause to stop functioning deactivate the machine carefully, or you'll risk an electric shock

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Recent Examples of deactivated
Adjective
Authorities discovered 113 vials, with some testing positive for deactivated monkeypox virus. — Tresa Baldas, Freep.com, 3 June 2026 Unlike brewer's yeast, which is activated, nutritional yeast is a deactivated or inactive strain of the fungus Saccharomyces cerevisiae. — Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 4 Mar. 2026 While the total number of accounts across platforms is unknown, Inman Grant said the number of deactivated or restricted accounts was encouraging. — Michael Sinkewicz, FOXNews.com, 16 Jan. 2026 So my mother could wear the transmitter in its deactivated state. — IEEE Spectrum, 26 Aug. 2016
Verb
The cabin crew deactivated the Boeing 757's Wi-Fi functionality for about 30 minutes. — Dan Raby, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026 The account has been deactivated and was subsequently banned by the social media platform, which noted that the content of his livestream related to self-harm violated TikTok’s community guidelines. — Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026 Landon deactivated her personal and campaign Facebook pages in June after the election. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 5 Aug. 2026 After the original company shuttered in 2018, its website was deactivated. — Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism, 30 July 2026 Owners Graziella and Giuseppe Luppino opened their SoFlo restaurant in February 2007 after operating the original location in New York, according to its website, which is now deactivated. — Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 20 July 2026 The government initially reported more than 5 million children had accounts removed, deactivated or restricted after the ban became law. — ABC News, 3 July 2026 Remember, millions of social media accounts were deactivated. — John Tamny, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 To prevent the organs from being rejected by their new human hosts, Revivicor deactivated a gene that codes for the enzyme that creates the alpha-gal molecule. — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for deactivated
  1. unusable
  2. killed
  3. useless
  4. shut off
  5. ineffective
  6. stuck
  7. deadlocked
  8. unworkable
Adjective
  • Most of the web is unusable without an ad blocker, and Edge killing support for the best one will only make the experience worse.
    — Chris Hoffman, PC Magazine, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The symbol of an institution that for decades has prepared many of Ukraine’s top public finance officials and ministers sat bomb-blasted and unusable.
    — Howard LaFranchi, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of unusable
Verb
  • In June, more than 30 people were killed when gunmen attacked the main airport in Niamey.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Two other people were killed in Indiana earlier this week during a powerful derecho.
    — Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of killed
Adjective
  • Even the useless adults of The Shards would surely act quickly to arrest Robert with this much evidence.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Talarico calls Big Bend border wall 'useless' Democratic candidate James Talarico reacted to images of bulldozers at Big Bend in an X post.
    — Natassia Paloma, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of useless
Verb
  • Trade routes such as the East-West pipeline in Saudi Arabia depend on export via tankers in the Red Sea, some analysts said, meaning any potential escalation of fighting in that area could shut off its viability as an alternative trade route.
    — Max Zahn, ABC News, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The wars in the Gulf and Ukraine have essentially shut off some of the world’s key passageways for global commodities, while extended droughts have restricted travel through the key arteries such as the Panama Canal.
    — Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of shut off
Adjective
  • Ironically, the authority of doctors was supremely important to medieval people, even if the treatments seem barbaric and ineffective now.
    — T.M. Brown, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Sheriff Byron Roberson said deputies deployed 10 Taser probes, but some were ineffective, potentially because of the thickness of Lunceford’s construction clothing.
    — Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of ineffective
Verb
  • While steeped in a ton of history, York is anything but stuck in the past.
    — Paul Jebara, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Aug. 2026
  • You could be stuck at one weight on a leg exercise for a week because of a limited range of motion.
    — Jesse Newell, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of stuck
Adjective
  • The federal plan comes after years of deadlocked negotiations between the states.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 31 July 2026
  • The jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict and on Tuesday told Sacramento Superior Court Judge Michael Bowman it was hopelessly deadlocked.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026
Definition of deadlocked
Adjective
  • The county education office and the state’s Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance Team tell district officials their plan is unworkable, and the squabble continues.
    — Dan Walters, Mercury News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • But critics say the code is difficult to implement, unworkable in practice and could lead to discrimination against trans people.
    — Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of unworkable

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