decommissioned

adjective

as in deactivated

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Recent Examples of decommissioned One of the friendly ones, of course, a decommissioned mothership perhaps, here on a diplomatic mission. — Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 2 Sep. 2026 Pleasure-seekers would travel by train to open prairies and plains to watch decommissioned locomotives crash into each other. — Caitlín Doherty, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026 To attempt to refine this, Nova has bought a decommissioned existing plant plus other equipment. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026 But the Boise training center is the first to use decommissioned machinery for practice. — Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 25 Aug. 2026 The film follows Burne Peter (List), an off-Broadway actress who joins an international theater troupe at a decommissioned prison on the Ukrainian coast. — Mya Copeland, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026 The startup is building a robotic spacecraft designed to capture and remove space debris, including some of the thousands of dead or decommissioned satellites in Earth’s orbit that threaten space operations. — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026 There’s also the Kettle Valley Rail Trail, which runs through the city of Penticton, is a decommissioned railway network that’s been transformed into 410 miles of cycling trails. — Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 13 July 2026 The teen fell about 40 to 50 feet down the vertical underground structure into what rescue workers determined was an exhaust vent tunnel for a decommissioned Titan Missile Facility, according to a statement from Sable Altura Fire Rescue. — Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 10 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for decommissioned
  1. deactivated
  2. inactive
  3. broken
  4. inoperative
  5. nonfunctioning
  6. nonoperational
  7. nonfunctional
  8. useless
Adjective
  • In people with the natural mutation, every cell in the body has the deactivated ANGPTL3 gene.
    — Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Authorities discovered 113 vials, with some testing positive for deactivated monkeypox virus.
    — Tresa Baldas, Freep.com, 3 June 2026
Definition of deactivated
Adjective
  • Both Russia and China have tested missiles that destroy satellites; a Russian test in 2021 shattered an inactive satellite into more than a thousand pieces.
    — Jeffrey Lewis, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2026
  • There have been periodic stretches when the Jayhawks were inactive.
    — Steve Appleford, SPIN, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of inactive
Adjective
  • Casper Kelly, the delightfully skewed sensibility behind Adult Swim’s ‘Too Many Cooks,’ makes a first theatrical feature that feels like a broken time loop.
    — Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Mass spectrometry revealed that the broken containers had once held something containing the chemical compounds theobromine, theophylline, caffeine, and paraxanthine.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of broken
Adjective
  • If the main engines were to become inoperative, six smaller orbit-control thrusters can still be activated on the lunar surface, providing an alternative pathway for a rapid ascent.
    — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 14 June 2026
  • And there’s been plenty of media focus since then — including on inoperative toilets.
    — Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026
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
  • Kosmos 2553 began to spin out of control in April 2025 and is believed to currently be nonoperational.
    — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 8 July 2026
  • The car was nonoperational and not under his name, but was left in his care.
    — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2026
Definition of nonoperational
Adjective
  • Days said the focus of the project is not changing the machine's appearance or replacing a piece of Pittsburgh history, but repairing the internal components that have long been nonfunctional.
    — Gabby Sartori, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Peekachu, for example, has a nonfunctional right eye, while Secord enjoys moving enrichment items around the habitat with her mouth.
    — Finnegan Belleau, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of nonfunctional
Adjective
  • Leading models aren’t completely useless at handling Cantonese.
    — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Built-ins designed for Pinterest, not your daily routine, will quickly look dated and feel useless.
    — Angelika Pokovba, Martha Stewart, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of useless

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“Decommissioned.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decommissioned. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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