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Antonyms for disused
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : noun dis-yoos; verb dis-yooz |
Phonetic Transcription : noun dɪsˈyus; verb dɪsˈyuz |
Definition of disused
Origin :- c.1400, see dis- + use (n.).
- As in obsolete : adj no longer in use, in vogue
- As in outmoded : adj obsolete, old-fashioned
- As in passé : adj old-fashioned
- But it had been disused for some time, and the pipe in the lion's mouth was dry.
- Extract from : « Love-at-Arms » by Raphael Sabatini
- The disused door into her room was locked, and the key safe on the housekeeper's bunch.
- Extract from : « Masterpieces of Mystery » by Various
- The rooms were low and cramped, and had a mouldy, disused smell in them.
- Extract from : « Doctor Luttrell's First Patient » by Rosa Nouchette Carey
- The passage, whithersoever it led, had been disused for years.
- Extract from : « Major Vigoureux » by A. T. Quiller-Couch
- That which encompassed and strengthened the muzzle or mouth of a cannon; now disused.
- Extract from : « The Sailor's Word-Book » by William Henry Smyth
- Is she the sort of person who'd waste an afternoon in a disused greenhouse?
- Extract from : « Lalage's Lovers » by George A. Birmingham
- The reader must not suppose that this was a disused chapel: far from it.
- Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873 » by Various
- The old tongue of the Church was now to be disused in public worship.
- Extract from : « History of the English People » by John Richard Green
- I had had the man removed to a disused cabin, and when I got there the door was locked.
- Extract from : « Hurricane Island » by H. B. Marriott Watson
- Between us and the dwelling house there was a disused pigsty.
- Extract from : « Fifty-Two Stories For Girls » by Various
Synonyms for disused
- anachronistic
- ancient
- antediluvian
- antiquated
- antique
- archaic
- behind the times
- belated
- bent
- bygone
- dated
- dead
- dead and gone
- démodé
- dinosaur
- discarded
- disused
- done for
- dusty
- extinct
- fossil
- fossilized
- gone
- had it
- has-been
- horse and buggy
- kaput
- moldy
- moth-eaten
- musty
- obsolescent
- obsolete
- old
- old-fashioned
- old-hat
- old-school
- old-time
- olden
- out
- out-of-date
- out-of-fashion
- out-of-style
- outdated
- outmoded
- outworn
- passé
- stale
- superannuated
- superseded
- timeworn
- tired
- unfashionable
- unstylish
- unusable
- vintage
- yesterday
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