Disuse
/dɪsˈjuːs/ noun, verb
noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The state of not being used; neglect. uncountable
"The garden fell into disuse and became overgrown."
- 2 the state of something that has been unused and neglected wordnet
Verb
- 1 To cease the use of. transitive
"Whether in process of time Shakspeare grew weary of the bondage of rhyme, or whether he became convinced of its impropriety in a dramatick dialogue, his neglect of rhyming (for he never wholly disused it) seems to have been gradual."
- 2 To disaccustom. archaic, transitive
"He was disused to hard work."
Example
More examples"The vocabulary presents several words which are common to the modern Iberian languages but have fallen into disuse in Italian."
Etymology
From Old French desuser, equivalent to dis- + use.