Nonuse
//nɒnˈjuːs// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The failure to make use of something. countable, uncountable
"Sacred values, and the taboos that protect them, can be attached to resources that we decide are genuinely precious, such as identifiable lives, national borders, and the nonuse of chemical and nuclear weapons."
Example
More examples"Sacred values, and the taboos that protect them, can be attached to resources that we decide are genuinely precious, such as identifiable lives, national borders, and the nonuse of chemical and nuclear weapons."
Etymology
From non- + use.
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