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: not habituated : unaccustomed
unused to crowds
Examples of unused in a Sentence
The library has been unused for 10 years.
I have four days of unused vacation time left.
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Operation Change in Sweden collects nets that have gone unused by fishermen because of EU fishing quotas, sending some 400 tons of them to Ukraine to date.
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Tim Lister, CNN Money, 1 Feb. 2026
Cleaning and Organizational Supplies Keep an eye out for unused kitchen linens and old beach towels that can be cut up and used as rags.
—Ashley Poskin, Martha Stewart, 1 Feb. 2026
That Fletcher was an unused substitute became a talking point.
—Carl Anka, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
Mark Zuckerberg and his company, Meta, are putting $50 million into a partnership to build a new Sacramento State University campus where old, unused state office space currently sits in downtown Sacramento.
—Steve Large, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
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Tim Lister, CNN Money, 1 Feb. 2026
Cleaning and Organizational Supplies Keep an eye out for unused kitchen linens and old beach towels that can be cut up and used as rags.
—Ashley Poskin, Martha Stewart, 1 Feb. 2026
That Fletcher was an unused substitute became a talking point.
—Carl Anka, New York Times, 31 Jan. 2026
Mark Zuckerberg and his company, Meta, are putting $50 million into a partnership to build a new Sacramento State University campus where old, unused state office space currently sits in downtown Sacramento.
—Steve Large, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for unused
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“Unused.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unused. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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