nonactivated

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Recent Examples of nonactivated On March 28, a nonactivated member of the New Jersey National Guard became the first service member to die of the virus. Abraham Mahshie, Washington Examiner, 8 Apr. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonactivated
Adjective
  • The Gene Simmons Band went on hiatus in the fall of 2018 and remained inactive until last April.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2025
  • One small study was conducted in humans with obesity who received ACV for 12 weeks and followed a low-calorie diet compared to a group taking a placebo (inactive treatment given to people in a study control group).
    Sohaib Imtiaz, Verywell Health, 24 Mar. 2025
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
Adjective
  • This was true of Fury (2015) as well, his brutal and gruesome war drama featuring Brad Pitt as a tank commander in the final days of World War II leading a platoon of hardened, traumatized, broken soldiers.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 3 Apr. 2025
  • This was mostly used when the group was building night nests—platforms made high in the trees out of broken branches, sometimes lined with leaves.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 3 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The United Nations reports that more than 60 percent of homes have been destroyed and 95 percent of hospitals are nonfunctional.
    Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2025
  • At least as of right now, the Audible app on her phone remains nonfunctional for reasons that are beyond me, but with luck—and a bit of ongoing care and maintenance for the server in the closet where this stuff all lives now—neither of us will ever have to deal with that app again.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Perhaps most notably, both sides deploy decoy vehicles—either inoperative derelicts or inflatable fakes—to draw enemy fire away from real vehicles.
    David Axe, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
  • In wartime, however, the calculus changes, because most of the costs are inoperative.
    William C. Wohlforth, Foreign Affairs, 22 June 2021
Adjective
  • In many cases, similar or better results can be achieved using options including multidisciplinary care that includes an expert nonoperative physician, physical therapy and lifestyle interventions.
    Greg Licholai, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2022
  • Another call came in about the handrail, then a call about an emergency-exit gate at Fort Hamilton Parkway with a nonoperative magnet.
    Andy Newman, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2020

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“Nonactivated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonactivated. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.

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