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dead storage

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noun

  1. the storage of furniture, files, or other unused or seldom used items in a warehouse or other location for an indefinite period of time.


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“So there’s a commercial sitting offline in dead storage somewhere, probably in a mountain cave in Georgia, of John Elway’s Disney Super Bowl commercial from that game,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2022

The metal it buys will be simply put in dead storage, with no certificates outstanding against it.

From Time Magazine Archive

It does some things very well, he said, such as recalling almost instantly bits of information that have been in dead storage for years.

From Time Magazine Archive

Of the Branch's 60 planes for official use, 14 have been put in dead storage.

From Time Magazine Archive

But when the wish enters upon the scene, it is as if a dead storage battery has been refreshed with new current.

From The Glands Regulating Personality by Berman, Louis, M.D.