: 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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Luckily, plenty of celebrities are proving that roomier styles shouldn’t fall to the wayside amid their resurgence.—Clara McMahon, People.com, 29 July 2025 More than a decade and a half into his life in the spotlight, Justin Bieber has been able to maintain success in the music industry while many other former child stars have either faded from the spotlight or fallen to the wayside entirely.—Chris Malone Méndez, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025 As soon as daylight saving time hits, like clockwork, my once borderline obsessive need to have perfectly pristine floors, windows, walls, and closets is thrown to the wayside.—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 12 July 2025 One less obvious but important role weather service staffers played that risked falling to the wayside was educating members of the public on how to respond to extreme weather, said Hatim Sharif, a professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Texas at San Antonio.—Hiroko Tabuchi, New York Times, 11 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for wayside
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