dis·use /(ˌ)dɪsˈjuz, dɪʃ-/
不被使用,廢棄(vt.)停止使用,廢止
Dis·use v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disused p. pr. & vb. n. Disusing.]
1. To cease to use; to discontinue the practice of.
2. To disaccustom; -- with to or from; as, disused to toil. “Disuse me from . . . pain.”
Dis·use n. Cessation of use, practice, or exercise; inusitation; desuetude; as, the limbs lose their strength by disuse.
The disuse of the tongue in the only . . . remedy. --Addison.
Church discipline then fell into disuse. --Southey.
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disuse
n : the state of something that has been unused and neglected;
"the house was in a terrible state of neglect" [syn: neglect]