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decommissioned

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 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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It was decommissioned and cleared out in 2001.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

Walker’s work was the only transformed statue out of the nearly dozen decommissioned statues related to the Confederacy featured in the “Monuments” exhibition.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

Torness is Scotland's last working nuclear power station, and is due to be decommissioned in the 2030s.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2026

It’s unusual for a man to be surprised that modern battleships are more advanced than ones decommissioned decades ago, but more interesting was his engagement in what he was saying.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

So now the soldiers round up the old village ladies, young mothers with their hair curled and pinned, wounded and decommissioned German soldiers.

From "What the Night Sings" by Vesper Stamper