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DISUSE

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Dictionary entry overview: What does disuse mean?

• DISUSE (noun)
The noun DISUSE has 1 sense:

1. the state of something that has been unused and neglected

Familiarity information: DISUSE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• DISUSE (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The state of something that has been unused and neglected

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

disuse; neglect

Context example:

the house was in a terrible state of neglect

Hypernyms ("disuse" is a kind of...):

declination; decline (a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "disuse"):

omission (something that has been omitted)

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