: out of consideration : into a condition of neglect or disuse—usually used with fall
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Flowers grew along the wayside.
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OpenAI has experimented with many ChatGPT features over the years, some of which become essential and some fall by the wayside.—Benj Edwards, ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025 And perhaps a couple of hundred pages are taken up with entries presenting preferred spelling and pronunciations, in many cases of words that have fallen by the wayside.—Ben Yagoda, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025 Another chance to put away a quality opponent fell by the wayside.—Parker Gabriel, Denver Post, 22 Sep. 2025 Consider that the art of good old-fashioned phone conversation could be going by the wayside for young people, who favor texts and Snaps to communicate.—Melissa Willets, Parents, 18 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wayside
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