disuse
Use Disuse in a sentence
noun
1.
discontinuance of use or practice: Traditional customs are falling into disuse.
verb (used with object)
2.
to cease to use.
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disuse (dɪsˈjuːs) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| the condition of being unused; neglect (often in the phrases inorinto disuse) | |
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Word Origin & History
disuse
c.1400, from the verb (late 14c.), from O.Fr. desuser, from des- "not" + user "use."
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Example sentences
Backups may have been invented once but would simply be lost due to disuse.
Disuse atrophy occurs from a lack of physical exercise.
But in the hundred years since the paths were laid out, they had fallen into disuse.
And that means using tools that have largely fallen into disuse.
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