out of circulation

ADJECTIVE

kaput

Synonyms

WEAK

all washed up belly up burned out cooked dead destroyed done for down and out down for the count down the drain down the tubes finished floored had it nonfunctioning on the skids out of business sunk totaled washed up wiped-out

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There is little documentation of its subsequent use, but it is believed to have been taken out of circulation at some point in the 1930s, because of concerns about its long-lasting effects.

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2025

Indiana held that, while the government is entitled to keep copies of “expressive materials” to use as evidence, it can’t take them out of circulation entirely, especially without a determination of illegality.

From Slate • May 21, 2024

“Imprisonment might be necessary to take out of circulation a person who is causing harm to society, but there’s a background to it.”

From Seattle Times • Jun. 16, 2023

In the “Part V” meta-lore, the original “Third Saturday in October” has been out of circulation for a while.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2023

Specie currency was almost entirely out of circulation, having been supplanted by private bills, worthless bank notes, and all other kinds of “shin plasters.”

From The History of Louisville, from the Earliest Settlement till the Year 1852 by Casseday, Ben

out of circulation

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