as in killed
to cause to stop functioning
deactivate the machine carefully, or you'll risk an electric shock
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as in unusable
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for deactivated
Adjective
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On some days areas of the park were unusable for families.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
8 July 2025 -
Inspectors said the employee restroom was unusable.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado,
Sacbee.com,
3 July 2025
Verb
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Once exploited, the flaw allows attackers to shut off Secure Boot entirely.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
11 July 2025
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But authorities learned from a local Toyota shop that the car automatically shuts off after an hour of inactivity.—
Cristian Santana,
NBC news,
9 July 2025
Adjective
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Towns and hamlets have been largely pulverized along the front lines and for miles beyond; even American air defenses are mostly useless, because setting them up invites an immediate Russian attack.—
Dexter Filkins,
New Yorker,
14 July 2025
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Apart from evidence, some of the most important testimonies in the case were also deemed useless during the investigation.—
Alex Gurley,
People.com,
12 July 2025
Adjective
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Clark was largely ineffective, recording 10 points, six assists, five rebounds and four turnovers.—
Garrett Chorpenning,
New York Times,
11 July 2025
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Combination supplements may contain insufficient or excessive amounts of an ingredient, which may cause the supplement to be ineffective or cause side effects.—
Jessica Swirble,
Verywell Health,
10 July 2025
Adjective
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The Ohio Library Council argues the vague language is unworkable and infringes on intellectual freedom.—
Sheridan Hendrix,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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However, those changes may be unworkable to moderate House Republicans in districts with a large percentage of residents enrolled in Medicaid.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
1 July 2025
Adjective
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Here's a detailed timeline of events, which shows the White House was aware of the pause in real time and Trump's decision to reverse the action -- following an unproductive phone call with Russian President Vladimir Putin and a subsequent series of brutal Russian assaults on Ukraine.—
Justin Fishel,
ABC News,
9 July 2025
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This highlights that unstructured venting can quickly pull conversations into unproductive loops.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
Adjective
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Most enterprises are still relying on fragmented and ineffectual security architectures.—
Eyal Benishti,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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However, the policy, which has not been widely adopted, has also been criticized as being prone to abuse by employees and ineffectual, given that workers are still pressured to take as little time off as possible.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 July 2025
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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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
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“Deactivated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deactivated. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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