Usually means: Temporarily closed, not permanently discontinued.
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  1. mothballed: Merriam-Webster
  2. mothballed: Collins English Dictionary
  3. mothballed: Vocabulary.com
  4. mothballed: Wordnik
  5. mothballed: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. mothballed: Wiktionary
  7. mothballed: Dictionary.com
  8. mothballed: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. mothballed: Encyclopedia

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  1. mothballed: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (mothballed)

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

Similar:
camphor ball, deprecated, functional, preserved, serviceable, reparate, salvageable, saved, rotable, reconditionable, more...

Opposite:
active, operational, running, working, utilized

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Similar:
camphor ball, deprecated, functional, preserved, serviceable, reparate, salvageable, saved, rotable, reconditionable, more...

Opposite:
active, operational, running, working, utilized



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