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Disuse

//dɪsˈjuːs// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state of not being used; neglect. uncountable

    "The garden fell into disuse and became overgrown."

  2. 2
    the state of something that has been unused and neglected wordnet
Verb
  1. 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. 2
    To disaccustom. archaic, transitive

    "He was disused to hard work."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Old French desuser, equivalent to dis- + use.

Etymology 2

From Old French desuser, equivalent to dis- + use.

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