as in neglect
lack of use
since the car has experienced years of disuse, starting it up won't be easy
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Recent Examples of disuse
So many mainstream film characters, especially ones assigned to women, act like windup dolls that sputter into disuse when their scenes end.
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Julia Whelan Emma Kehlbeck Joel Thibodeau, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
By around 2010, the Cow Palace aged and fell into a state of financial disarray and physical disuse.
—Daniel Brown, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
And devotion, for the male anglerfish, means gripping on with his teeth to her underside until their bodies fuse together, his eyes fall into disuse, and their bloodstreams become one.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
Ironically, despite using several filmmaking techniques and styles from the silent era that have long since fallen into disuse, Shadow of the Vampire is a vital new lens through which to view the foundational vampire story.
—James Grebey, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
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Julia Whelan Emma Kehlbeck Joel Thibodeau, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
By around 2010, the Cow Palace aged and fell into a state of financial disarray and physical disuse.
—Daniel Brown, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
And devotion, for the male anglerfish, means gripping on with his teeth to her underside until their bodies fuse together, his eyes fall into disuse, and their bloodstreams become one.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024
Ironically, despite using several filmmaking techniques and styles from the silent era that have long since fallen into disuse, Shadow of the Vampire is a vital new lens through which to view the foundational vampire story.
—James Grebey, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disuse
Noun
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The building sustained damage from neglect and vandalism, which prompted Carbone to take the owners to court to request making Torrington the receiver of the inn to find a new developer.—
Emily M. Olson,
Hartford Courant,
7 June 2025
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The common thread among nearly everyone facing execution in the U.S. is present in the four executions set to take place over four days next week - abuse, addiction and neglect at childhood.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 June 2025
Noun
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Volunteers advocate for children who have been removed from their home from either abuse, abandonment or neglect.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 June 2025
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Moreover, reengaging with Iran does not require the abandonment of normalization efforts with Israel.—
Vali Nasr,
Foreign Affairs,
10 June 2025
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“Disuse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disuse. Accessed 16 Jun. 2025.
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