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out of service

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 mothballed motionless on hold ossified out of action out of commission 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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Timofey Vaskin of Shkola Prizyvnika, or the School of Conscripts, said the demand to find ways out of service had "risen sharply".

From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026

Classes resumed in most of Andalusia but remained suspended in the hardest-hit areas, with several roads and railways still out of service.

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026

There are currently seven upgraded ones in Northern Ireland, and with more to come, postboxes across the country have been taken out of service.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2026

Older power plants are going out of service faster than new ones can be built.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 13, 2026

Maybe all the power and telephone lines were out of service.

From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret

out of service

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