Active
Active adjective - Being in effective operation.
Usage example: the abandoned factory had not been active for years
Unusable
Unusable adjective - Not capable of being put to use or account.
Usage example: a completely unusable gadget that's just taking up space in the drawer
Nearby Word: unused
Both words in one sentence
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Claire Saunders learns that she is actually Whiskey, a scarred - and therefore otherwise unusable - active imprinted semi-permanently as the Dollhouse's physician.
Source: Dream Apocalypse - This circumvented a restraining order that prevented him from closing the active airport, and allowed him to condemn the now-unusable site.
Source: Refuge In Audacity / Real Life
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Unusable and Active. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/active/unusable
Active & Unusable. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/active/unusable>.
Unusable or Active. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/active/unusable.
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