Associations to the word «Disuse»
Noun
- Neglect
- Falling
- Rust
- Darwin
- Quaker
- Justinian
- Decay
- Muscle
- Oblivion
- Canal
- Connotation
- Custom
- Demolition
- Advent
- Abandonment
- Decline
- Forgetting
- Fall
- Inheritance
- Quiet
- Avoidance
- Freight
- Edict
- Ruin
- Century
- Demise
- Organ
- Limb
- Must
- Naming
- Rite
- Reformation
- Closure
- Airfield
- Collapse
- Decade
- Period
- Habit
- Alteration
- Use
- Quarry
- Manor
- Romans
- Yuan
- Modification
- Mill
- Script
- Vocabulary
- Exercise
- Offence
- Offspring
Adjective
Wiktionary
DISUSE, noun. The state of not being used; neglect.
DISUSE, verb. (transitive) To cease the use of.
DISUSE, verb. (transitive) (archaic) To disaccustom.
Dictionary definition
DISUSE, noun. The state of something that has been unused and neglected; "the house was in a terrible state of neglect".
Wise words
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principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
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