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disuse

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dis·use  (ds-ys)
n.
The state of not being used or of being no longer in use.

disuse [dɪsˈjuːs]
n
the condition of being unused; neglect (often in the phrases in or into disuse)
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.disuse - the state of something that has been unused and neglected; "the house was in a terrible state of neglect"
declination, decline - a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state
omission - something that has been omitted; "she searched the table for omissions"

disuse
noun neglect, decay, abandonment, idleness, discontinuance, desuetude, nonuse, non-employment a church which had fallen into disuse
use, service, practice, application, employment, usage
Translations
disuse [ˈdɪsˈjuːs] Ndesuso m
to fall into disusecaer en desuso

disuse [dɪsˈjuːs] n [machine] → abandon m
to fall into disuse [building, railway] → être désaffecté(e); [law, custom, word] → tomber en désuétude

disuse
n to fall into disusenicht mehr benutzt werden; (custom)außer Gebrauch kommen; rusty from disusewegen mangelnder Benutzung verrostet

disuse [ˈdɪsˈjuːs] n to fall into disusecadere in disuso
disuse [ˈdɪsˈjuːs] n to fall into disusecadere in disuso

disuse
n disuse [disˈjuːs]
the state of not being used The canal fell into disuse. onbruik عَدَم اسْتِعْمال излизане от употреба nepoužívání manglende brug der Nichtgebrauch αχρηστία desuso mittetarvitamine عدم استفاده käytön puute abandon, désuétude אִי שִׁימוּש अनुपयोग, अप्रयोग, अव्यवहार prestati upotrebljavati, neupotreba használatlanság tidak dipakai notkunarleysi; það að leggjast af disuso 不使用 폐기 ne(be)naudojimas vairs netikt lietotam dalam keadaan tidak lagi digunakan onbruik ute av bruk nieużywanie desuso nefolosire, neîn­tre­buinţare неупотребление nepoužívanie neraba neupotrebljivost ur bruk การเลิกใช้ kullanılmama 不用 невживання ترک استعمال sự không dùng đến
adj disˈused [-ˈjuːzd]
a disused warehouse. ongebruik, in onbruik غَيْر مُسْتَعْمَل، مُهْمَل запустял nepoužívaný, vyřazený ubenyttet ausgedient εγκαταλελειμμένος abandonado, en desuso kasutusest kõrvaldatud متروکه؛ بدون استفاده pois käytöstä oleva abandonné לֹא בְּשִימוּש अप्रचलित, पुराना neupoterbjavan, koji se više ne koristi nem használt ditinggalkan sem ekki er í notkun non usato 使用されてない 폐기된 nenaudojamas vairāk nelietojams terabai niet meer gebruikt nedlagt, ubenyttet nie używany abandonado părăsit заброшенный vyradený opuščen neupotrebljiv outnyttjad, övergiven โดยเลิกใช้เป็นเวลานาน kullanılmayan 不用的 такий, яким не користуються متروک bỏ đi


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Yet, that I hold the advantages of the mode of publication to outweigh its disadvantages, may be easily believed of one who revived it in the Pickwick Papers after long disuse, and has pursued it ever since.
It is probable that this and other superfluous incidents disappeared after the Alexandrian arrangement of the poems in the Cycle, either as the result of some later recension, or merely through disuse.
This set me in a muse, whether his timidity arose from too long a disuse of any human company; and whether perhaps, upon a little trial, it might pass off, and my uncle change into an altogether different man.
 
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