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mothballed

ADJECTIVE

inactive

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dormant dull idle immobile inoperative jobless passive sedentary sluggish static unemployed unused

WEAK

abeyant asleep blah dead disengaged do-nothing down draggy in holding pattern indolent latent lax lethargic limp low-key motionless on hold ossified out of action out of commission out of service out of work quiescent quiet slack sleepy slothful slow somnolent stable still torpid unoccupied

Antonyms

STRONGEST

active employed energetic lively mobile moving used

WEAK

busy involved working

Example Sentences

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Fountainhall Primary was mothballed - shut on a temporary basis - in 2025 but now the local authority is looking to begin the process to close its doors permanently.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

Taiwan is already “looking at restarting mothballed coal plants,” Knutson says.

From Barron's • Mar. 19, 2026

The paper’s books section has been mothballed and its daily news podcast, “Post Reports,” will be suspended.

From Salon • Feb. 4, 2026

More than a decade after Fukushima, only 14 reactors are up and running and 19 are still mothballed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025

The sweet, slightly chemical scent of gun oil; the raw wood of newly constructed shell crates; the mothballed odor of old bedspreads—he’s in the hotel.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

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