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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
Noun
the state of being neglected or no longer used; neglect
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"
Translations
disuse [dɪsˈjuːs] n to fall into disuse → caer en desuso

disuse [dɪsˈjuːs] n to fall into disuse → tomber en désuétude

disuse [dɪsˈjuːs] n to fall into disuse → nicht mehr benutzt werden

disuse [dɪsˈjuːs] n to fall into disuse → cadere 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 käytöstä poistuminen abandon, désuétude אִי שִׁימוּש अनुपयोग, अप्रयोग, अव्यवहार prestati upotrebljavati, neupotreba használatlanság tidak dipakai notkunarleysi; það að leggjast af disuso 不使用 사용하지 않음 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 käytöstä poistettu 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 사용하지 않는 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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