as in unusable
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as in killed
to cause to stop functioning
deactivate the machine carefully, or you'll risk an electric shock
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Adjective
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Others have noted all but unusable battery life on their phones, as seen on subreddit threads and blog summaries.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
31 Jan. 2025 -
Dry and Cook Your Ingredients Your food and herbs will slowly degrade, and eventually become unusable.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
4 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Power losses also left area water pumps useless for hours during the 2017 Thomas fire.—
Grace Toohey,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2025
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The holding midfielder Antonio Blanco tried to step into Yamal but a quick flick of his left foot meant that Blanco’s tackle was useless.—
Pol Ballús,
The Athletic,
3 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Photo : Eugenia Gangi The veranda can be shut off with curtains for extra privacy.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
7 Feb. 2025
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Gas was shut off to the building in the 5000 block of Cameo Terrace around 8:30 p.m. and public buses were requested to transport residents away from the area, fire officials said in a post to the social media platform X.—
Racquel Bazos,
Baltimore Sun,
4 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Finally, decades of strict criminal responses to drug use have not only proven to be largely ineffective but also dramatically unfair.—
Michael Abrams,
Baltimore Sun,
17 Feb. 2025
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Some of them ended up being very effective (Anthony DeSclafani, Wood), and some of them were ineffective (Aaron Sanchez, Scott Kazmir).—
Grant Brisbee,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Official portraits of Donald Trump, JD Vance are released That will eventually render the app unworkable, the Justice Department has said in court filings.—
Alix Martichoux,
The Hill,
18 Jan. 2025
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That will eventually render the app unworkable, the Justice Department said in court filings.—
Mae Anderson,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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When wells proved unproductive or dry, companies often transferred ownership to landowners who repurposed them as water wells.—
ALEJANDRA MARTINEZ The Texas Tribune,
arkansasonline.com,
9 Feb. 2025
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Smith, the president of Local 1, which represents VA employees in California, said his members were angered that the Human Resources Department of the federal government suggested their work caring for veterans was unproductive.—
William Melhado,
Sacramento Bee,
6 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The students’ stunning reaction shortly after the shooting, refusing to succumb to their grief and calling out ineffectual politicians, captured the nation while also drawing backlash from the far-right.—
Jorge L. Ortiz,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2025
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The Palestinian Authority is corrupt, ineffectual and undemocratic; Hamas in Gaza has run a satanical mafia state, half theocracy and half kleptocracy, indoctrinating the youth for barbarism while crushing the spirit of the adults.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Course of trade in the oil industry often leaves the public on the hook for nonproductive well cleanup costs, including capping.—
Andrew Leahey,
Forbes,
7 Jan. 2025
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But there are productive and nonproductive ways to respond.—
Carlo J.V. Caro,
Foreign Affairs,
7 Mar. 2017
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“Deactivated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deactivated. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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