decommissioned

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for decommissioned
Adjective
  • After a tumultuous few years of romance, infidelity, breakups and lawsuits, Fleetwood Mac has been largely inactive for decades, though many of its rotating roster of members have had robust solo careers.
    Rachel Treisman, NPR, 29 July 2025
  • More cannabis licenses are now inactive or surrendered (10,828) than active (8,514), representing the loss of 7,100 small farms, thousands of brands, and nearly 22,000 jobs over two years.
    Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 25 July 2025
Adjective
  • There is a broken down vehicle on I-40/US-71 from Longview Road to Red Bridge Road.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2025
  • The video, shot in New York, was directed by Amber Grace Johnson and shot on 35mm film, depicting Roan making her way through the city in cartoonishly long wigs and loathing about a broken heart on the subway.
    Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 1 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Also inoperative the morning of the crash were the runway alignment indicator lights, which had not worked for more than three years.
    Karen Kucher, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2025
  • Several election ballot scanners are currently inoperative at multiple polling locations in Cambria County in Pennsylvania.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
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
Adjective
  • While Russia's surface fleet of ships is less impressive and counts just one currently nonoperational aircraft carrier among its ships, the Kremlin wields a daunting undersea fleet.
    Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 11 Mar. 2025
  • The planning process involved restructuring the company’s advisory board, transitioning longtime employees into nonoperational roles, and building a younger, more collaborative executive committee.
    Ritu Upadhyay, WWD, 23 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Lutnick was about to fly to London for a round of trade negotiations with China, whose restrictions on the sale of rare-earth metals were threatening to render parts of the American economy nonfunctional.
    Antonia Hitchens, New Yorker, 21 July 2025
  • The puzzle page layout is now so nonfunctional that my paper should come with a magnifying glass and a pad of sticky notes.
    Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 15 July 2025
Adjective
  • Fertilizing before heavy rain is useless at best and harmful at worst.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 July 2025
  • Followers are useless, but engaged customers and a devoted tribe of community members are priceless.
    Solo Ceesay, Rolling Stone, 28 July 2025
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“Decommissioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decommissioned. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.

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