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Definition of unused - 3 dictionary results

un⋅used

  [uhn-yoozd for 1, 2; uhn-yoost for 3]
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–adjective
1. not used; not put to use: an unused room.
2. never having been used: an unused postage stamp.
3. not accustomed: unused to cold winters.
Origin:
1250–1300; ME; see un- 1 , used
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un·used   (ŭn-yōōzd', ŭn-yōōst')   
adj.  

  1. Not in use or put to use.

  2. Never having been used.

  3. Not accustomed: unused to city traffic.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

unused 
1297, "unaccustomed," from un- (1) "not" + pp. of use (v.). Meaning "not employed" is recorded from 1398.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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