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disuse
[dis-yoos, dis-yooz]
noun
discontinuance of use or practice.
Traditional customs are falling into disuse.
verb (used with object)
to cease to use.
disuse
/ ɪˈː /
noun
the condition of being unused; neglect (often in the phrases in or into disuse )
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
It found the chambered structure containing the children's remains at Tuam was in a disused sewage tank.
She took over a disused Victorian school building, renovated it and made Welsh rarebit the star of the show.
The answer would prove to be a disused pub car park, or outside a cricket club in the middle of the night or even in a car in front of her own home.
He said he transferred her body to a disused freezer, buried her in a grave he dug under the stairs and cemented over her body.
Portuguese and German authorities are expected to continue to focus the search on disused buildings and wells.
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