: out of consideration : into a condition of neglect or disuse—usually used with fall
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Flowers grew along the wayside.
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Consider that the art of good old-fashioned phone conversation could be going by the wayside for young people, who favor texts and Snaps to communicate.—Melissa Willets, Parents, 18 Sep. 2025 As more people mock that behavior, that performance will go by the wayside as well.—Charles Trepany, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025 Some franchises fell by the wayside.—Bud Kennedy, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Sep. 2025 But that centrality had long fallen to the wayside.—Degen Pener, HollywoodReporter, 13 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wayside
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