Disuse
noun
The state of being no longer used.
The old factory fell into disuse after it was closed down.
Often appears as...
- fall into disuse
- go into disuse
noun
The state of being no longer used.
The old factory fell into disuse after it was closed down.
Often appears as...
- fall into disuse
- go into disuse
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Time's Impact
Disuse often implies something became outdated or replaced by newer alternatives.
The typewriter has fallen into disuse since computers became widespread.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Physical
Disuse can refer to non-physical concepts, like laws or languages, not being applied or spoken.
Several old legal provisions have gone into disuse over the years.
Pro Tip 3/3Implies Decay
When something falls into disuse, it often deteriorates or becomes less functional over time.
The abandoned manor is in a state of disuse and has begun to decay.
Pro Tip 1/3Time's Impact
Disuse often implies something became outdated or replaced by newer alternatives.
The typewriter has fallen into disuse since computers became widespread.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Physical
Disuse can refer to non-physical concepts, like laws or languages, not being applied or spoken.
Several old legal provisions have gone into disuse over the years.
Pro Tip 3/3Implies Decay
When something falls into disuse, it often deteriorates or becomes less functional over time.
The abandoned manor is in a state of disuse and has begun to decay.
Pro Tip 1/3Time's Impact
Disuse often implies something became outdated or replaced by newer alternatives.
The typewriter has fallen into disuse since computers became widespread.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Just Physical
Disuse can refer to non-physical concepts, like laws or languages, not being applied or spoken.
Several old legal provisions have gone into disuse over the years.
Pro Tip 3/3Implies Decay
When something falls into disuse, it often deteriorates or becomes less functional over time.
The abandoned manor is in a state of disuse and has begun to decay.
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Video examples
Spotting the World's...
like there are still people living today that would have worked here and relatives of those people. It's crazy to think and you'd think that when these places go into disrepair, disuse, no one uses them anymore they become kind of obsolete and unimportant. But this is now been turned literally a few weeks ago,
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Bronx Bathroom Duty PIPE...
after months of disuse the house that Ruth Built has seen better days
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Spotting the World's...
like there are still people living today that would have worked here and relatives of those people. It's crazy to think and you'd think that when these places go into disrepair, disuse, no one uses them anymore they become kind of obsolete and unimportant. But this is now been turned literally a few weeks ago,
Video examples
Bronx Bathroom Duty PIPE...
after months of disuse the house that Ruth Built has seen better days
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Quote examples
Linford Christie
British Athlete
Obviously I was disappointed when it fell into disuse, because it was my own track named after me, but I am sure all those youngsters we lost will be coming back, and I certainly intend to be down here as much as I can, coaching and advising.
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Raymond Burr
Canadian Actor
I am an unmarried man, as opposed to a single man. A bachelor, according to the dictionary, is a man who has never been married. An unmarried man is not married at the moment. Many of these terms have fallen into disuse.
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Joel Barlow
American Poet
A habitual disuse of physical forces totally destroys the moral; and men lose at once the power of protecting themselves, and of discerning the cause of their oppression.
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Peter Andre
English Musician
It's so important to encourage the use of suncream, tan in a bottle and the disuse of sunbeds which are known world-wide as causes of skin cancer.
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Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Artist
Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation... even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.
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Edwin Louis Cole
American Author
By use you possess gain; by disuse you decline and lose.
Quote examples
Linford Christie
British Athlete
Obviously I was disappointed when it fell into disuse, because it was my own track named after me, but I am sure all those youngsters we lost will be coming back, and I certainly intend to be down here as much as I can, coaching and advising.
Quote examples
Raymond Burr
Canadian Actor
I am an unmarried man, as opposed to a single man. A bachelor, according to the dictionary, is a man who has never been married. An unmarried man is not married at the moment. Many of these terms have fallen into disuse.
Quote examples
Joel Barlow
American Poet
A habitual disuse of physical forces totally destroys the moral; and men lose at once the power of protecting themselves, and of discerning the cause of their oppression.
Quote examples
Peter Andre
English Musician
It's so important to encourage the use of suncream, tan in a bottle and the disuse of sunbeds which are known world-wide as causes of skin cancer.
Quote examples
Leonardo da Vinci
Italian Artist
Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation... even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.
Quote examples
Edwin Louis Cole
American Author
By use you possess gain; by disuse you decline and lose.
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