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closed-down

ADJECTIVE
dormant
Synonyms
STRONGEST
asleep comatose inert inoperative latent passive sidelined sluggish
WEAK
abeyant down fallow hibernating lethargic lurking on the shelf out of action potential prepatent quiescent slack slumbering smoldering suspended torpid
Antonyms
STRONGEST
active alert awake conscious lively
ADJECTIVE
forbidden
Synonyms
STRONGEST
outlawed prohibited
STRONG
banned closed no-go proscribed refused taboo vetoed
WEAK
black-market closed-up contraband no-no off-limits out of bounds verboten
Antonyms
STRONG
allowed
WEAK
approved authorized permitted sanctioned
ADJECTIVE
impermissible
Synonyms
WEAK
banned closed closed-up contraband no-no off-limits out of bounds proscribed refused taboo verboten vetoed
ADJECTIVE
prohibited
Synonyms
STRONGEST
banned barred contraband illegal illicit restricted
STRONG
crooked proscribed refused taboo vetoed
WEAK
black-market no-no not allowed not approved off-limits out of bounds out of line shady verboten wildcat
Antonyms
STRONGEST
allowed lawful legal legitimate
WEAK
permitted
ADJECTIVE
unemployed
Synonyms
STRONGEST
idle inactive jobless underemployed
STRONG
down free loafing
WEAK
at liberty between jobs disengaged fired laid-off leisured on layoff on the bench on the dole on the shelf out of a job out of action out of work resting unapplied unengaged unexercised unoccupied unused without gainful employment workless
Antonyms
STRONGEST
active busy working
WEAK
employed occupied

Example Sentences

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He began his political career as a mayor in Western Pennsylvania steel country, with closed-down steel mills and boarded-up Main Streets.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025

In prisons, Delaney said, the whitelist approach leads to “a very closed-down version of the internet.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2025

It started leafleting Llantwit Major in February, soon after Vale of Glamorgan Council announced that temporary houses for refugees were going to be built on the site of a closed-down primary school.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2023

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Economy Minister Robert Habeck will attend the event, a briefing on where the new chip factory will be built - on the site of a closed-down coal plant.

From Reuters • Feb. 1, 2023

I spent the night in the car behind a closed-down gas station a half mile from the border.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien