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Synonyms for disused


Grammar : Adj
Spell : noun dis-yoos; verb dis-yooz
Phonetic Transcription : noun dɪsˈyus; verb dɪsˈyuz

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Définition 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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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