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| Main Entry: |
out of commission
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| Part of Speech: | adjective, adverb |
| Definition: | not working |
| Synonyms: | decommissioned, down, faulty, in repair, kaput, not in service, out of kilter, out of order, out of whack |
| Main Entry: | crippled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disabled |
| Synonyms: | bedridden, broken, damaged, defective, deformed, enfeebled, game, gimp, halt, hamstrung, handicapped, harmed, hog-tied, housebound, impaired, incapacitated, laid up, lame, maimed, mangled, marred, mutilated, out of commission, paralyzed, sidelined |
| Antonyms: | healthy, walking |
| Main Entry: | defunct |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extinct, not functioning |
| Synonyms: | asleep, bygone, cold, dead, deceased, departed, done for, down the drain, exanimate, expired, gone, had it, inanimate, inoperative, invalid, kaput, late, lifeless, lost, nonexistent, obsolete, out of commission, vanished |
| Antonyms: | alive, existent, existing, functioning, live, operating, operative, valid, working |
| Main Entry: | disrepair |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | broken; deteriorated |
| Synonyms: | busted, damaged, dead, decayed, decrepit, down, kaput, not functioning, on the blink, on the fritz, out of commission, out of order, worn out, wracked |
| Antonyms: | good, unbroken |
| Main Entry: | inactive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not engaged in action; inert, lazy |
| Synonyms: | abeyant, asleep, blah*, disengaged, do-nothing, dormant, down, draggy, dull, idle, immobile, in holding pattern, indolent, inoperative, jobless, latent, lax, lethargic, limp, low-key, mothballed, motionless, on hold, ossified, out of action, out of commission, out of service, out of work, passive, quiescent, quiet, sedentary, slack, sleepy, slothful, slow, sluggish, somnolent, stable, static, still, torpid, unemployed, unoccupied, unused |
| Antonyms: | active, busy, involved, working |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | incapacitated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disabled |
| Synonyms: | bedridden, broken-down, confined, crippled, debilitated, handicapped, helpless, hurt, immobilized, impaired, impotent, incapable, infirm, laid-up, lame, maimed, out of commission, out-of-action, paralyzed, powerless, sidelined, weak, weakened, wornout |
| Main Entry: | on the blink |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not working continuously |
| Synonyms: | bonkers, broken, busted, defective, disabled, down, fallen apart, faulty, gone to pieces, haywire, in disrepair, in need of repair, in the shop, inoperable, kaput, kerflooey, not functioning, not working, on the fritz, on the fritz, on the shelf, out, out of commission, out of commission, out of kilter, out of kilter, out of order, out of whack, out of whack, run-down, shot, spent, wrecked |
| Main Entry: | unable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not having talent, skill |
| Synonyms: | can't cut it, can't hack it, can't make the grade, clumsy, helpless, hog-tied, impotent, impuissant, inadequate, incapable, incapacitated, incompetent, ineffectual, inefficacious, inefficient, inept, inoperative, no can do, no good, not able, not cut out for, not equal to, not up to, out of commission, powerless, sidelined, unfit, unfitted, unqualified, unskilled, weak |
| Antonyms: | able, adequate, capable, competent, fit, qualified, skillful, talented |
| Main Entry: | wrong |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | incorrect |
| Synonyms: | amiss, askew, astray, at fault, awry, bad, counterfactual, defective, erratic, erring, erroneous, fallacious, false, faulty, fluffed, goofed, in error, inaccurate, inexact, miscalculated, misconstrued, misfigured, misguided, mishandled, mistaken, not precise, not right, not working, off-target, on the wrong track, out, out of commission, out of line, out of order, perverse, rotten*, sophistical, specious, spurious, ungrounded, unsatisfactory, unsound, unsubstantial, untrue, wide |
| Antonyms: | correct, right |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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