noun
- discontinuance of use or practice: Traditional customs are falling into disuse.
verb (used with object), dis·used, dis·us·ing.
- to cease to use.
adjective
- no longer useda disused mine
noun
- the condition of being unused; neglect (often in the phrases in or into disuse)
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.