DECOMMISSIONED Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

decommissioned

adjective

as in deactivated

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Recent Examples of decommissioned But the Boise training center is the first to use decommissioned machinery for practice. — Mark Dee, Idaho Statesman, 25 Aug. 2026 The film follows Burne Peter (List), an off-Broadway actress who joins an international theater troupe at a decommissioned prison on the Ukrainian coast. — Mya Copeland, Variety, 5 Aug. 2026 The startup is building a robotic spacecraft designed to capture and remove space debris, including some of the thousands of dead or decommissioned satellites in Earth’s orbit that threaten space operations. — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 2 Aug. 2026 There’s also the Kettle Valley Rail Trail, which runs through the city of Penticton, is a decommissioned railway network that’s been transformed into 410 miles of cycling trails. — Maryam Siddiqi, Travel + Leisure, 13 July 2026 The teen fell about 40 to 50 feet down the vertical underground structure into what rescue workers determined was an exhaust vent tunnel for a decommissioned Titan Missile Facility, according to a statement from Sable Altura Fire Rescue. — Paloma Chavez, PEOPLE, 10 July 2026 Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force submarine fires a torpedo at the decommissioned USS Juneau in support of a live-fire sinking exercise (SINKEX) as part of Valiant Shield 2026 while underway in the Philippine Sea, June 27, 2026. — Peter Suciu, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 By Bay City News A decommissioned riverboat in Vallejo caught fire late Friday night, according to the Vallejo Fire Department. — Bay City News, Mercury News, 20 June 2026 In February, it was reported that the National Park Service will exhibit a decommissioned equestrian monument of a slaveholding signatory of the Declaration of Independence. — Greg Allen, ARTnews.com, 7 June 2026

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Adjective

Authorities discovered 113 vials, with some testing positive for deactivated monkeypox virus.

— Tresa Baldas, Freep.com, 3 June 2026
Unlike brewer's yeast, which is activated, nutritional yeast is a deactivated or inactive strain of the fungus Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

— Stephanie Brown, Verywell Health, 4 Mar. 2026

Definition of deactivated

Adjective

These polar nanoclusters would ideally be electrically inactive but quickly respond to electrical fields and add tunability to the material’s properties when needed.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 26 Aug. 2026
The product also contains benzalkonium chloride, boric acid, edetate disodium, purified water, sodium chloride and sodium citrate as inactive ingredients.

— Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of inactive

Adjective

Casper Kelly, the delightfully skewed sensibility behind Adult Swim’s ‘Too Many Cooks,’ makes a first theatrical feature that feels like a broken time loop.

— Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
Mass spectrometry revealed that the broken containers had once held something containing the chemical compounds theobromine, theophylline, caffeine, and paraxanthine.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of broken

Adjective

If the main engines were to become inoperative, six smaller orbit-control thrusters can still be activated on the lunar surface, providing an alternative pathway for a rapid ascent.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 14 June 2026
And there’s been plenty of media focus since then — including on inoperative toilets.

— Michael Peregrine, Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2026

Definition of inoperative

Adjective

Drivers say their contract issues center on pay as well as safety issues, including nonfunctioning heaters, loudspeakers and windshield wipers.

— Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Feb. 2023
In 2020, the state of Virginia passed some bills limiting pretextual traffic stops—for example, when police spot nonfunctioning brake or tail lights or hear an overly loud exhaust system.

— Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 30 Jan. 2023

Definition of nonfunctioning

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Peekachu, for example, has a nonfunctional right eye, while Secord enjoys moving enrichment items around the habitat with her mouth.

— Finnegan Belleau, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
In most populations around the world, many of these genes have accumulated mutations over time that have left about 60 percent of them nonfunctional.

— Willow Zhang, Scientific American, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of nonfunctional

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