: out of consideration : into a condition of neglect or disuse—usually used with fall
Examples of wayside in a Sentence
Flowers grew along the wayside.
Recent Examples on the WebThe proposals that have fallen by the wayside are:
A tax in the city of San Diego on real estate sales of more than $2.5 million, which was intended to fund affordable-housing projects.—Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2024 Unfortunately, in today’s short forms of communication, i.e., messages, tweets, blogs, etc., benefits fall by the wayside.—Jerry Weissman, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024 However, key policy priorities including site-neutral payments and reform to pharmacy benefit managers’ practices are falling by the wayside as the talks progress.—Rachel Cohrs Reprints, STAT, 26 Feb. 2024 As more aldermen fall by the wayside, Marin becomes the prime suspect.—Sandra Dallas, The Denver Post, 25 Feb. 2024 During the 8th to 10th centuries, this practice fell by the wayside and the penitential season of Lent started being marked with ashes placed on the heads of the entire congregation.—Chris Sims, The Courier-Journal, 14 Feb. 2024 Updating wine lists often falls by the wayside as managers juggle other tasks.—Eric Asimov, New York Times, 16 Feb. 2024 Much best practice advice is quite simple, and yet falls by the wayside.—Agur Jõgi, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024 While domesticated cats clearly possessed a range of recognition abilities, it was assumed that undomesticated cats possessed few or none, with the Felidae’s vocal skills slipping to the wayside.—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 15 Feb. 2024
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