decommissioned

adjective

as in deactivated

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Recent Examples of decommissioned The site is the Oakland Bulk and Oversized Terminal, a decommissioned Army base near the Port of Oakland run by developer Phil Tagami, who has been trying for years to turn it into a marine shipping terminal. — Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026 In 2008, the public-school district of Ridgway, a town north of Ouray, donated a decommissioned school bus to Ouray Mountain Rescue. — Peter Hessler, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026 Back in present day, John has managed to exhume Hal’s body and retrieve the decommissioned power ring, awakening the Halogram to get his help opening the lockbox in the storage unit. — Katie Campione, Deadline, 27 Sep. 2026 Carbone established the nonprofit Friends of Firefighters in a storefront on Columbia Street in Brooklyn, which eventually moved to a decommissioned firehouse on Van Brunt Street. — Cindy Hsu, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026 Pleasure-seekers would travel by train to open prairies and plains to watch decommissioned locomotives crash into each other. — Caitlín Doherty, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026 To attempt to refine this, Nova has bought a decommissioned existing plant plus other equipment. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026 But the Boise training center is the first to use decommissioned machinery for practice. — Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 25 Aug. 2026 The film follows Burne Peter (List), an off-Broadway actress who joins an international theater troupe at a decommissioned prison on the Ukrainian coast. — Mya Copeland, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decommissioned
  1. deactivated
  2. inactive
  3. broken
  4. inoperative
  5. nonfunctioning
  6. nonoperational
  7. nonfunctional
  8. useless
Adjective
  • Most traditional flu shots use a deactivated version of the virus — often grown in eggs — to teach the immune system how to fight it.
    — Berkeley Lovelace Jr, NBC news, 18 Sep. 2026
  • In people with the natural mutation, every cell in the body has the deactivated ANGPTL3 gene.
    — Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of deactivated
Adjective
  • Neither Brents nor Miller were listed among inactive players announced by the team 90 minutes prior to kickoff at Hard Rock Stadium.
    — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 27 Sep. 2026
  • Wide receiver Xavier Legette was inactive with a knee injury.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of inactive
Adjective
  • But, a look beneath the surface shows that three-quarters of the index was actually lower — a possible reflection of a broken market.
    — Sarah Min, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Plates of broken, eggy matzo that taste like soggy cardboard.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of broken
Adjective
  • If the main engines were to become inoperative, six smaller orbit-control thrusters can still be activated on the lunar surface, providing an alternative pathway for a rapid ascent.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 14 June 2026
  • And there’s been plenty of media focus since then — including on inoperative toilets.
    — Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
Definition of inoperative
Adjective
  • Drivers say their contract issues center on pay as well as safety issues, including nonfunctioning heaters, loudspeakers and windshield wipers.
    — Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Feb. 2023
  • In 2020, the state of Virginia passed some bills limiting pretextual traffic stops—for example, when police spot nonfunctioning brake or tail lights or hear an overly loud exhaust system.
    — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 30 Jan. 2023
Definition of nonfunctioning
Adjective
  • Kosmos 2553 began to spin out of control in April 2025 and is believed to currently be nonoperational.
    — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 8 July 2026
  • The car was nonoperational and not under his name, but was left in his care.
    — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2026
Definition of nonoperational
Adjective
  • Subsense showed off a nonfunctional mock-up of a cap that looked like a cross between a baseball cap and a bike helmet.
    — Alexei Oreskovic, Fortune, 3 Sep. 2026
  • Days said the focus of the project is not changing the machine's appearance or replacing a piece of Pittsburgh history, but repairing the internal components that have long been nonfunctional.
    — Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of nonfunctional
Adjective
  • People tend to think of waste as trash, sewage, slag, manure and other seemingly useless or disgusting substances.
    — Edward D. Melillo, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Refuse outright, and the tool is useless to whoever authorizes it.
    — Ethan Pham, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of useless

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“Decommissioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decommissioned. Accessed 8 Oct. 2026.

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