DEACTIVATED Synonyms: 87 Similar and Opposite Words

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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

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 City officials say there was ShotSpotter coverage in the area where Bautista was found, but the system was deactivated earlier this year. — CBS News, 13 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 More than 5 million accounts have been deactivated since the ban came into effect in December. — Ainslie Chandler, Fortune, 27 June 2026 Since the start of 2026, over 20 American towns and cities have deactivated their Flock cameras or cancelled their contracts. — Harry Booth, Time, 26 June 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for deactivated

Adjective

To get rid of the salt, factories rely on reverse osmosis, which leaves behind a concentrated, unusable brine.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 3 Aug. 2026
Open the restrooms before the park becomes unusable due to the smell of public urination.

— U T Readers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of unusable

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That same day, the Houthis launched a flurry of attacks that reportedly killed and wounded dozens near the Yemen-Saudi border – sparking condemnation from Jordanian, Bahraini and Kuwaiti authorities.

— Sophia Saifi, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
Investigations are ongoing into how cyanide found its way to an ecosystem where wild and domestic animals coexist and farms grow tomatoes and onions, but growers are disputing claims that cyanide from their tomatoes killed the elephants.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of killed

Adjective

Houston Astros outfielder Taylor Trammell took a useless jog around the bases in a game against the Toronto Blue Jays earlier this week.

— Zach Dean OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Aug. 2026
Of course, what's worth the money for one person may be completely useless to someone else, regardless of the cost.

— Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of useless

Verb

Investigators say Simpson objected to another boater anchoring near his spot and then shut off the air supply to a teen who was diving from that boat.

— Larry Seward, Miami Herald, 8 Aug. 2026
While some of these instruments were shut off after the spacecraft finished their historic planetary flybys decades ago, others were turned off due to power requirements.

— Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of shut off

Adjective

Dawicki hopes the test will reduce the unnecessary use of antibiotics, and slow the current march toward antibiotic resistance that has already rendered several antibiotics ineffective.

— Alice Park, Time, 7 Aug. 2026
But the difference isn't so stark as to render CDs ineffective now.

— Matt Richardson, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of ineffective

Adjective

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
In many cases, accounting for those risks makes projects financially unworkable, which is why uncertainty often causes developers to delay or walk away from deals altogether.

— Lee Kiser, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026

Definition of unworkable

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