Synonyms of shelved

shelved

verb

past tense of shelve

as in postponed

to assign to a later time

let's shelve the project for now

Synonyms & Similar Words

• postponed
• delayed
• deferred
• suspended
• remitted
• put off
• paused
• laid over
• held over
• put over
• hesitated
• held off (on)
• slowed
• waited
• held up
• prolonged
• stayed
• lengthened
• extended
• stretched (out)
• detained
• retarded
• protracted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• did
• acted
• worked (on)
• decided (upon)
• dealt (with)
• wrought (on)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of shelved

Already, there is harrowing déjà vu, with offensive mainstay Christian McCaffrey suddenly dealing with a calf injury, a year after Achilles tendinitis shelved him for eight games. —Cam Inman, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025

Hiring efforts, already stymied in part by still-high interest rates, have been largely shelved due to the unknowns. —Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025

The move would mark an important milestone for Nvidia -backed Cohesity, which shelved IPO plans in 2021 to first execute a complex merger with its rival Veritas’ data protection unit, according to Cohesity CEO Sanjay Poonen. —Ganesh Rao, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025

After Searchlight’s parent company, Disney, investigated the claims, the studio shelved the movie. —Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025

Moreno said Robert Rivas shelved the bill after speaking to his brother, who acted as an unregistered lobbyist on behalf of Friends of the University, a political action committee that opposed the amendment. —Lia Russell, Sacbee.com, 3 Sep. 2025

Achane was shelved for three weeks of training camp because of a calf issue that hopefully won’t be problematic in the season. —Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025

There was no emphasis for the top brass to work on her music, so her music was shelved. —Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025

Reuters first reported the automaker’s in-house Level 3 system had been shelved. —The Detroit News, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025