dead storage

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.

Example Sentences

Too low and they’ll hit “dead storage,” the point where silt and debris can enter the stream.

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As Maslenikov put it, “This is not dead storage. A collection is meant to be used.”

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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.

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“Dead storage vehicles and abandoned vehicles are not always the same thing,” Ott said.

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A more accurate label for these vehicles is “dead storage,” said Lt.

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