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mothballed
synonyms for mothballed
- dormant
- dull
- idle
- immobile
- inoperative
- jobless
- passive
- sedentary
- sluggish
- static
- unemployed
- unused
- abeyant
- asleep
- blah
- disengaged
- do-nothing
- down
- draggy
- indolent
- in holding pattern
- latent
- lax
- lethargic
- limp
- low-key
- 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
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How to use mothballed in a sentence
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.
Did Thru-Hiking the Appalachian Trail Ruin My Body? | Grayson Haver Currin | January 25, 2021 | Outside OnlineIf 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.
If China plans to go carbon neutral by 2060, why is it building so many coal plants? | James Temple | September 23, 2020 | MIT Technology Review
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