disused








noun

  1. discontinuance of use or practice: Traditional customs are falling into disuse.

verb (used with object), dis·used, dis·us·ing.

  1. to cease to use.

adjective

  1. no longer useda disused mine

noun

  1. the condition of being unused; neglect (often in the phrases in or into disuse)
n.

c.1400, see dis- + use (n.).

v.

c.1400, “misuse, pervert;” mid-15c., “become unaccustomed,” from or on analogy of Old French desuser, from des- “not” (see dis-) + user “use” (see use (v.)). Related: Disused.

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