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adjective
- 1. no longer being used: "they held an exhibition in a disused warehouse"
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adjective. uk / dɪsˈjuːzd / us / dɪsˈjuːzd / Add to word list. no longer being used: Many disused railway tracks are now used by cyclists. A disused quarry had been developed into a large fish pond. See. disuse. Fewer examples. There are 400,000 disused industrial sites in England and Wales.
The meaning of DISUSED is no longer used or occupied : abandoned. How to use disused in a sentence.
A disused place or building is no longer used for its original purpose and is now empty. The sculpture was stored in a disused lorry factory. 2. 'unused'. Something that is unused has never been used. A pile of unused fuel lay nearby. 3. 'misused'. When something is misused, it is used in a wrong or careless way.
A disused place or building is empty and is no longer used. ...a disused airfield near Maidenhead. Synonyms: abandoned , deserted , neglected , discarded More Synonyms of disused
Disused definition: no longer used. See examples of DISUSED used in a sentence.
noun [ U ] uk / dɪsˈjuːs / us / dɪsˈjuːs / Add to word list. the condition of not being used (any longer ): The church was recently restored after decades of disuse. Synonym. neglect. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Using and misusing. adoption. avail yourself of something. be/go heavy on something idiom. exhaust. go into something.
Definition of disused adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Add to word list. no longer being used: Many disused railroad tracks are now used by bike riders. A disused quarry had been developed into a large fish pond. See. disuse. Fewer examples. There are 400,000 disused industrial sites in England and Wales.
/dɪsˈjuzd/ IPA guide. Definitions of disused. adjective. no longer in use. synonyms: obsolete. noncurrent. not current or belonging to the present time. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Disused." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/disused. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024. Copy citation.
The word disuse implies at least a bit of neglect, and it can also mean that something has become obsolete or old-fashioned: "Typewriters fell into disuse after personal computers became available." You'll often find the word used in the graceful phrase "fall into disuse ."
