decommissioned

adjective

Definition of decommissionednext
as in deactivated

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decommissioned
  1. inactive
  2. broken
  3. inoperative
  4. nonfunctioning
  5. nonoperational
  6. nonfunctional
  7. useless
Adjective
  • Both Steph Curry and Draymond Green are expected to play against the Timberwolves on Friday at the Chase Center after each were inactive in Thursday night’s upset over the Rockets.
    Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Philadelphia wide receiver DeVonta Smith was inactive and missed his second straight game with a hamstring injury.
    Jeff Zrebiec, The Athletic, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of inactive
Adjective
  • At the hospital, Maggie unknowingly leaves a trail of blood after cutting her hand on broken glass.
    Jordana Comiter, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The broken glass and defaced portraits of the now fugitive president crunching under our feet.
    James Longman, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of broken
Adjective
  • Perhaps most notably, both sides deploy decoy vehicles—either inoperative derelicts or inflatable fakes—to draw enemy fire away from real vehicles.
    David Axe, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
  • In wartime, however, the calculus changes, because most of the costs are inoperative.
    William C. Wohlforth, Foreign Affairs, 22 June 2021
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
  • The county denied that any polling locations were nonoperational, acknowledged issues, but claimed most were resolved by 11:30 a.m.
    Arlyssa D. Becenti, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Previously, the drones only flew during nonoperational hours.
    Emma Roth, The Verge, 16 Aug. 2024
Definition of nonoperational
Adjective
  • Photo: Max Burkhalter The Brooklyn home of designer Ellen Van Dusen shows that even a nonfunctional fireplace can be on fire, figuratively speaking.
    Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 20 Nov. 2024
  • The shop has been closed since at least 2022 and the roasting business now appears dormant, its website nonfunctional.
    Ray Stern, The Arizona Republic, 16 Oct. 2024
Definition of nonfunctional
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
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