un·used

[uhn-yoozd for 1, 2; uhn-yoost for 3]
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; Middle English; see un-1, used

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unused
 
adj (foll by to)
1.  not being or never having been made use of
2.  not accustomed or used (to something)

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Unused is always a great word to know.
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Word Origin & History

unused
c.1300, "unaccustomed," from un- (1) "not" + pp. of use (v.). Meaning "not employed" is recorded from late 14c.
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Example sentences
He asked the company for permission to take over an unused parking lot to
  install a full-fledged garden.
Many white residents, especially those who live away from the larger towns, are
  simply unused to seeing brown faces.
Nor is it a professional writer's kitchen, with bits of unused material
  floating in a tepid brew of literary and personal stuff.
Comforts self with thought of all the equity she has built up, making payments
  while it sat unused in sister's garage.
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