disuse
pronunciation
How to pronounce disuse in British English:
UK [dɪsˈju:s]
How to pronounce disuse in American English:
US [dɪsˈjus]
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- Noun:
- the state of something that has been unused and neglected
Word Origin
- disuse (n.)
- c. 1400, see dis- + use (n.).
- disuse (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.
Example
- 1. As we became accustomed to relying on the printed page , the work of remembering gradually fell into disuse .
- 2. Some , such as the one you are reading now , have remained in use , but most have fallen into disuse .
- 3. This meaning of the word has fallen into disuse and is rarely heard in modern british spoken or written language .
- 4. But economic sanctions and other problems helped kill those schemes , and large portions of the airport in otherwise-empty countryside outside of mandalay fell into disuse .
- 5. In northwest india , near almora , a town of 40000 in the himalayan foothills , farmers are restoring ponds that have fallen into disuse in order to once again replenish groundwater and feed springs .