disuse
IPA: dɪsjˈus
noun
- The state of not being used; neglect.
verb
- (transitive) To cease the use of.
- (transitive, archaic) To disaccustom.
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Examples of "disuse" in Sentences
- Forgetting and the law of disuse.
- A disused phone in the room rings.
- Both are now disused and abandoned.
- After this the ground fell into disuse.
- Freight lines are not technically disused.
- The term is disused and that is indisputable.
- By 1965 it was in disuse and faced demolition.
- As a disused quarry, it is of geological interest.
- The muscle atrophy in the generally results from disuse.
- The old Methodist church remains in a state of disuse and dereliction.
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