disuse

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English

Etymology

dis- +‎ use

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /dɪsˈjus/

Noun

disuse (uncountable)

1. The state of not being used; neglect.

   The garden fell into disuse and became overgrown.

Derived terms

• disused

Translations

disuse

• Bulgarian: излизане от употреба (bg) (izlizane ot upotreba)
• Dutch: onbruik (nl) n

• Italian: disuso (it) m
• Spanish: desuso (es) m

Verb

disuse (third-person singular simple present disuses, present participle disusing, simple past and past participle disused)

1. (transitive) To cease the use of.
2. (transitive, archaic) To disaccustom.

   He was disused to hard work.

   • John Donne

     Disuse me from […] pain.

Anagrams

• issued