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disuse

noun
/dɪsˈjuːs/

Etymology

From Old French desuser, equivalent to dis- + use.

  1. derived from uti — “to use”
  2. derived from uso — “use”
  3. derived from user — “use, employ, practice”
  4. inherited from usen
  5. derived from ūsus — “use, custom, skill, habit”
  6. derived from us
  7. inherited from use
  8. prefixed as disuse — “dis + use”

Definitions

  1. The state of not being used

    The state of not being used; neglect.

    • The garden fell into disuse and became overgrown.
    • The decline and eventual closing of the various industrial undertakings and the non-renewal of the L.N.W.R. lease led to the railway falling into disuse, and most of it has now been lifted.

  2. To cease the use of.

    • Whether in process of time Shakspeare grew weary of the bondage of rhyme, or whether he became convinced of its impropriety in a dramatick dialogue, his neglect of rhyming (for he never wholly disused it) seems to have been gradual.

  3. To disaccustom.

    • He was disused to hard work.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA