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adjective

Definition of deactivatednext
as in unusable

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deactivated

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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 Synonyms for deactivated
  1. unusable
  2. useless
  3. shut off
  4. ineffective
  5. unworkable
  6. unproductive
  7. ineffectual
  8. nonproductive
Adjective
  • That also would mean that TikTok wouldn’t be able to send updates, security patches and bug fixes, and over time the app would likely become unusable — not to mention a security risk.
    Jalen Williams, Detroit Free Press, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Initially, city officials suggested that only corrupted, unusable data had been accessed.
    Lars Daniel, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of unusable
Adjective
  • This is a fashion collab designed for women’s bodies to be looked at, but the functionality is useless.
    Jamie Aranoff, Outside Online, 12 Dec. 2024
  • It was built on NBA men who subsidized that useless league for decades.
    Asher Notheis, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of useless
Verb
  • In the current war, launched more than 14 months ago to retaliate for the worst attack on Jews since the Holocaust, Israeli leaders shut off water and power to all of Gaza, launched 6,000 airstrikes in the space of just five days, and suspended some measures intended to limit civilian casualties.
    Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
  • The temperature gauge also shuts off when the water reaches boiling.
    Terri Williams, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of shut off
Adjective
  • Failure, however, might render the Digital Euro an ineffective compromise—too timid to drive meaningful reform and too weak to compete on the global stage.
    Jon Helgi Egilsson, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Despite these incentives, traditional recruitment efforts have been ineffective.
    Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of ineffective
Adjective
  • The legislation was approved by Australian lawmakers on Thursday with the aim of protecting the mental health of children online, despite opposition from tech companies who claim the rules are unworkable.
    Jess Weatherbed, The Verge, 28 Nov. 2024
  • The policy was designed to stop immigrants from being wrongly detained, but local leaders have told Newsweek over the past few months that the policy is unworkable, following such an influx of new arrivals to the state.
    Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of unworkable
Adjective
  • Small, consistent progress is better than burning yourself out with long, unproductive stretches.
    Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Crucial tools, especially for galvanizing private capital, have remained untapped in a historically unproductive Congress.
    Leslie Vinjamuri, Foreign Affairs, 15 Nov. 2024
Definition of unproductive
Adjective
  • Allen had just taken over as chairman of the AOU’s Committee on Bird Protection—which had been completely ineffectual before then.
    Tim Gallagher, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Clearly Valya and Tula never counted on such a figure — nor on Empress Natalya to so forcibly press for his use as a weapon on behalf of her ineffectual husband, Emperor Javicco Corrino.
    Sean T. Collins, New York Times, 25 Nov. 2024
Definition of ineffectual
Adjective
  • But there are productive and nonproductive ways to respond.
    Carlo J.V. Caro, Foreign Affairs, 7 Mar. 2017
  • Bring The Office Closer To Them As populations grow, the real challenge of coming to the office is long commute times and the resulting nonproductive cycles.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2024
Definition of nonproductive
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