activate
verb (used with object)
to make active; cause to function or act.
unactivated
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a word derived from
activate.
Example Sentences
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It’s easy to imagine the state having trouble finding addresses for taxpayers experiencing homelessness, but such cases can’t account for most of the 624,000 unactivated cards.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2024
Microsoft has used similar warnings for unactivated versions of Windows in the past, and restricts features like dark mode, personalization settings, and themes from being modified until a system is activated.
From The Verge ● Feb. 22, 2022
It's a fatty food, but as I looked at it my "appetite and reward" brain regions remained strangely unactivated.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 27, 2012
Note the unactivated, pie-shaped area used to deliver a shock.
From Scientific American ● May 12, 2012
Crace's tempter, then, is not a flapping, sulfurous devil, only a man whose demons and unactivated angels are part of his nature.
From Time Magazine Archive
