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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. the state of something that has been unused and neglected;
- Example: "the house was in a terrible state of neglect"
[syn: neglect, disuse]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Disuse \Dis*use"\ (?; see Dis-), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disused; p. pr. & vb. n. Disusing.] 1. To cease to use; to discontinue the practice of. [1913 Webster] 2. To disaccustom; -- with to or from; as, disused to toil. "Disuse me from . . . pain." --Donne. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Disuse \Dis*use"\, n. Cessation of use, practice, or exercise; inusitation; desuetude; as, the limbs lose their strength by disuse. [1913 Webster] The disuse of the tongue in the only . . . remedy. --Addison. [1913 Webster] Church discipline then fell into disuse. --Southey. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

disuse n 1: the state of something that has been unused and neglected; "the house was in a terrible state of neglect" [syn: neglect, disuse]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

43 Moby Thesaurus words for "disuse": abandonment, abjure, absentation, antiquation, casting away, cessation, come off, cut out, desist, desuetude, discontinue, drop, evacuation, fogyishness, forsaking, give over, give up, have done with, jettison, jettisoning, leave off, leaving, let go, nol-pros, not pursue with, old-fashionedness, old-fogyishness, out-of-dateness, pulling out, put behind one, quit, relinquish, renounce, resign, staleness, stodginess, stop, stuffiness, superannuation, throwing overboard, unfashionableness, waive, withdrawal