mothballed

Speech parts

1. mothballed - Adjective

2. mothballed - Verb

Meaning

mothballed

simple past and past participle of mothball

mothballed (not comparable)

(of something out of use) Kept in good condition for possible future use.

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2000s May 2005 map of TVA sites dam nuclear fossil In 2002, TVA began work to restart a previously mothballed nuclear reactor at Browns Ferry Unit 1, which was completed in May 2007. Source: Internet

Even if no new problems are discovered during the test flights, it's likely to take at least a month to get pilots trained and get mothballed planes upgraded, inspected and serviced. Source: Internet

Although officially retired, the F-117 fleet remains intact and photos show the aircraft carefully mothballed. Source: Internet

But, potentially key evidence was thrown away after the case was mothballed in March 2007. Source: Internet

Modern publications have often incorrectly asserted that Jack Tramiel mothballed the Atari 7800 feeling video games were a past fad and subsequently asserted that he dusted off the Atari 7800 once the NES became successful. Source: Internet

As a result, after the Commencement Bay class, no new escort carriers were designed, and with every downsizing of the navy, the CVEs were the first to be mothballed. Source: Internet

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