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as in unadjusted
not having acquired a habit or tolerance
the runner's performance suffered because he was unused to running at such high elevations
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as in new
recently made and never used before
preferred to start with unused pencils
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as in dormant
not being in a state of use, activity, or employment
is there an unused cubicle that the temp could work out of?
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Recent Examples of unused
Uncompensated seizure under the land-expropriation law can only be pursued under narrow circumstances—when land is unused or has been abandoned, for example—and the program seemingly has yet to seize any property.
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Boyce Upholt, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
Toss clutter culprits like takeout containers, mismatched lids, and unused small appliances.
—Heather Bien, The Spruce, 14 Mar. 2026
In Florida, Miami-Dade county, partly inspired by the High Line, has the Underline, using the unused land below the Miami Metrorail to create a 10-mile linear park.
—Mark Woods, Florida Times-Union, 13 Mar. 2026
The 17-year-old shone in last week’s 3-1 FA Cup victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers before being an unused substitute in Tuesday’s 1-0 Champions League defeat by Galatasaray.
—James Pearce, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
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Boyce Upholt, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
Toss clutter culprits like takeout containers, mismatched lids, and unused small appliances.
—Heather Bien, The Spruce, 14 Mar. 2026
In Florida, Miami-Dade county, partly inspired by the High Line, has the Underline, using the unused land below the Miami Metrorail to create a 10-mile linear park.
—Mark Woods, Florida Times-Union, 13 Mar. 2026
The 17-year-old shone in last week’s 3-1 FA Cup victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers before being an unused substitute in Tuesday’s 1-0 Champions League defeat by Galatasaray.
—James Pearce, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unused
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In the unadjusted data, on the other hand, the benefits continue to increase.—
Alex Hutchinson,
Outside,
30 Jan. 2026
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Multiple states saw large spikes in claims following the holiday period, including California (14,499), Illinois (11,207) and New York (10,600), according to unadjusted figures.—
Sean Conlon,Pia Singh,
CNBC,
10 Dec. 2025
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His father, Bob, got a new role with ENT Credit Union.—
Tony Catalina,
Austin American Statesman,
20 Mar. 2026
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Both actors are calling in from New York City, where Ball is about to make his Broadway debut in a new play, Becky Shaw, while Briones is preparing to join the cast of the musical Just in Time for her second turn on Broadway this April.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
20 Mar. 2026
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Warm-Season Grasses These grasses are the opposite, growing in the spring after a dormant winter and flowering and setting seed in the fall just before winter returns.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
16 Mar. 2026
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Archaeologists finally detected the spot, hidden under grass and soil, where the shaft entrance lay dormant and waiting, perhaps for an opportune moment to surface.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Mar. 2026
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With more than 1,000 chapters still unadapted, the Straw Hats’ voyage could span many more seasons if the show maintains its audience and Netflix continues greenlighting new installments.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
17 Mar. 2026
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The works of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson had remained unadapted to feature film until Denzel Washington took on the challenge of bringing Fences to the big screen.—
Kevin Jacobsen and Sammi Burke,
EW.com,
17 Nov. 2023
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After the discovery that a police impersonator with a long criminal record was helping place real officers in security jobs, the Dallas Police Department plans to make changes to its off-duty work rules.—
J.D. Miles,
CBS News,
17 Mar. 2026
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Alonso was a fan favorite with the Mets, which boosted his off-field income to more than $2 million per year.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
17 Mar. 2026
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By offering to set aside nearly a third of the units as affordably priced, Vessel is able to use Connecticut’s 8-30g law as powerful leverage to get those plans approved — especially in affluent suburbs unaccustomed to large-scale apartment complexes with modernistic architecture.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
24 Feb. 2026
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Heat waves now happen in unaccustomed places like the Pacific Northwest.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 Feb. 2026
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Rookie guard Max Shulga and veteran big man Charles Bassey played the final two minutes, with Bassey — who signed a 10-day contract on Sunday to fill a vacant roster spot — scoring his first two points in a Celtics uniform.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
19 Mar. 2026
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Some dens were built near homes and buildings, but those houses were most often vacant and the buildings were abandoned.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
19 Mar. 2026
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This inquiry was taken not as a matter of idle curiosity but as an act of insubordination.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
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But the Heat moved one game ahead of the idle seventh-place Toronto Raptors (36-29) on Thursday.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Unused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unused. Accessed 22 Mar. 2026.
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