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unused

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un·used  (n-yzd, n-yst)
adj.
1. Not in use or put to use.
2. Never having been used.
3. Not accustomed: unused to city traffic.

unused
Adjective
1. not being or never having been used
2. (foll. by to)not accustomed to
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.unusedunused - not yet used or soiled; "a fresh shirt"; "a fresh sheet of paper"; "an unused envelope"
clean - free from dirt or impurities; or having clean habits; "children with clean shining faces"; "clean white shirts"; "clean dishes"; "a spotlessly clean house"; "cats are clean animals"
2.unused - not yet put into use; "we bought an unused car for a change"
new - not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered; "a new law"; "new cars"; "a new comet"; "a new friend"; "a new year"; "the New World"
3.unused - not in active use; "the machinery sat idle during the strike"; "idle hands"
inactive - lacking activity; lying idle or unused; "an inactive mine"; "inactive accounts"; "inactive machinery"
4.unused - infrequently exposed to; "feet unused to shoes"
unaccustomed - not habituated to; unfamiliar with; "unaccustomed to wearing suits"

unused
adjective 1. new, untouched, remaining, fresh, intact, immaculate, pristine
adjective 2. remaining, leftover, unconsumed, left, available, extra, unutilized
adjective 3. (with to) unaccustomed to, new to, unfamiliar with, not up to, not ready for, a stranger to, inexperienced in, unhabituated to
Translations
Spanish unused [ʌnˈjuːzd] adjsin usar, nuevo;
to be unused to (doing) sth → no estar acostumbrado a (hacer) algo

French unused1 [ʌnˈjuːzd] adj (= new) → neuf(neuve)
unused2 [ʌnˈjuːst] adj to be unused to sth/to doing sth → ne pas avoir l'habitude de qch/de faire qch
German unused1 [ʌnˈjuːzd] adj (= new) → unbenutzt
unused2 [ʌnˈjuːst] adj to be unused to sth → an etw acc nicht gewöhnt sein;
to be unused to doing sth → nicht daran gewöhnt sein, etw zu tun

Italian unused [ʌnˈjuːzd] adj (= new) → nuovo/a (= not made use of); non usato/a, non utilizzato/a;
to be unused to sth/to doing sth → non essere abituato/a a qc/a fare qc

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UNTIL SHE WAS seven years old she lived in an old unpainted house on an unused road that led off Trunion Pike.
They had been hid in the unused gallery listening to their own funeral sermon!
Unused were these to the ways of the jungle, since seldom did any venture forth from behind Opar's crumbling walls, yet their very numbers protected them and so they came without fatalities far along the trail of Tarzan and Werper.
 
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