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mothballed
adjective as in inactive
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Standing naked in front of a half-length mirror in a Maine hotel room so dingy and dated it should have come with complimentary mothballs, I marveled at what I had become over the past 2,200 miles.
If China does somehow achieve carbon neutrality—whether by, say, mothballing its many coal plants or installing pricey carbon capture systems in them—it would have a huge global impact.
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On this page you'll find 57 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to mothballed, such as: dormant, dull, idle, immobile, inoperative, and jobless.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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