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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
adj
1. not being or never having been made use of
2. (postpositive; foll by to) not accustomed or used (to something)
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 unused containers of food and drink
2. remaining, leftover, unconsumed, left, available, extra, unutilized Throw away any unused cream when it has reached the expiry date.
3. (with to) unaccustomed to, new to, unfamiliar with, not up to, not ready for, a stranger to, inexperienced in, unhabituated to Mother was entirely unused to such hard work.
Translations
unused1 [ˈʌnˈjuːzd] ADJ (= new) → nuevo, sin estrenar; (= not made use of) → sin usar or utilizar
unused2 [ˈʌnˈjuːst] ADJ (= unaccustomed) to be unused to sthno estar acostumbrado a algo
to be unused to doing sthno estar acostumbrado a hacer algo
unused [ˌʌnˈjuːzd] adj
(= not utilized) [land, building, room, appliance, muscles] → inutilisé(e); [clothes] → qui n'a pas été porté(e)
[ʌnˈjuːst] (= unaccustomed) unused to sth → peu habitué(e) à qch
to be unused to sth → ne pas être habitué(e) à qch, ne pas avoir l'habitude de qch
unused to doing sth → peu habitué(e) à faire qch
to be unused to doing sth → ne pas avoir l'habitude de faire qch, ne pas être habitué(e) à faire qch
unused1
adj (= new)unbenutzt, ungebraucht; clothesungetragen; banknotedruckfrisch; (= not made use of)ungenutzt; (= no longer used)nicht mehr benutzt or gebraucht; (= left over) foodübrig geblieben

unused2
adj to be unused to somethingnicht an etw (acc)gewöhnt sein, etw (acc)nicht gewohnt sein; to be unused to doing somethingnicht daran gewöhnt sein or es nicht gewohnt sein, etw zu tun
unused1 [ʌnˈjuːzd] adj (new) → mai usato/a, nuovo/a; (not made use of) → non usato/a, non utilizzato/a
unused1 [ʌnˈjuːzd] adj (new) → mai usato/a, nuovo/a; (not made use of) → non usato/a, non utilizzato/a
unused2 [ʌnˈjuːst] adj to be unused to sth/to doing sthnon essere abituato/a a qc/a fare qc
unused2 [ʌnˈjuːst] adj to be unused to sth/to doing sthnon 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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