Antonyms for disuse

Grammar : Noun

Spell : noun dis-yoos; verb dis-yooz

Phonetic Transcription : noun dɪsˈyus; verb dɪsˈyuz

Definition of disuse

Origin : c.1400, see dis- + use (n.).

noun state of non-use

Example sentences :

The use of the pronoun, the disuse of the grammar pulled him up short.
Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit

Its deplorable peculiarity was, that it was the faintness of solitude and disuse.
Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens

Since the disuse of print, opticians have mostly gone to the poor-house.
Extract from : « With The Eyes Shut » by Edward Bellamy

As a result, we have no organs of hearing, for they have been atrophied from ages of disuse.
Extract from : « Giants on the Earth » by Sterner St. Paul Meek

In many cases habit or use and disuse have probably come into play.
Extract from : « On the Origin of Species » by Charles Darwin

The results of this method were so uncertain that the practice has fallen into disuse.
Extract from : « Negritos of Zambales » by William Allan Reed

He also admits that change of habits and food, use and disuse, are factors.
Extract from : « Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution » by Alpheus Spring Packard

I was in a cellar, which, apparently, had long been in disuse.
Extract from : « Japhet in Search of a Father » by Frederick Marryat

Also in many Houses the school was allowed to drop into disuse.
Extract from : « The History of London » by Walter Besant

We have seen that by disuse the muscles become emaciated and the bones soften.
Extract from : « Popular Education » by Ira Mayhew

Synonyms for disuse

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