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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The insurance typically covers personal belongings and a unit’s interior and provides benefits such as living expenses if a condo becomes unusable.—
Laurence Darmiento,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Jan. 2025 -
Instead, the law would penalize internet providers and companies with App stores like Apple and Google for continuing to make updates available, The New York Times reported, so the app would degrade over time and become unusable.—
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Without that essential training to help surmount powerful systemic barriers, the kit would have been useless—and in that sense, the job is still woefully unfinished.—
Sheila McClear,
The Atlantic,
16 Jan. 2025
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Esoteric knowledge of the parks, essentially useless anywhere else, is suddenly incredibly useful.—
Darryn King,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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The next year, a major fire ripped through Malibu, destroying hundreds of homes and later, when the El Nino storms arrived, resulted in mudslides that shut off major coastal routes for months.—
Gary Baum,
The Hollywood Reporter,
18 Jan. 2025
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Public safety power shutoffs refer to planned outages that take place when utilities such as San Diego Gas & Electric preemptively shut off power supply to some lines to prevent wildfires from sparking.—
Gary Robbins,
The Mercury News,
8 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Don't Apply Herbicide to a Dormant Lawn Herbicide, just like fertilizer, is ineffective on a dormant lawn.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 Jan. 2025
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Chelation therapy—generally used to remove metals from the body—is ineffective against argyria.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Insurers said the new requirements, as proposed, would be unworkable and amount to a costly mandate.—
Maya Goldman,
Axios,
9 Sep. 2024
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But that level of pay can still be unworkable for lower-income households.—
Renata Daou,
Hartford Courant,
16 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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And as the current informal, borderline illicit NP model shows, there is a path to convincing profit-seeking employers to say yes to unproductive workers: revenue must at least cover direct costs.—
Ryan Craig,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
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Photo: Gillian Laub Parents might be nostalgic for an era when children spent their days outside throwing rocks, absorbed in productively unproductive play, but actually re-creating that ideal can feel impossible.—
Lauren Hilgers,
Vulture,
7 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Dyer dismissed concerns that the arrests are ineffectual, saying the camping ban is just one part of the city's broader strategy to address homelessness, which includes investing in shelter and affordable housing.—
Vanessa Rancaño,
NPR,
28 Dec. 2024
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Perón died a year later and was succeeded by his third wife, the ineffectual Isabel Perón.—
Joshua Hammer,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 Dec. 2024
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 Jan. 2025.
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