disused

adjective dis·used \ -ˈyüzd \

|Updated on: 16 Jul 2018

Examples: disused in a Sentence

Definition of disused

: no longer used or occupied : abandoned

disused buildings

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Examples of disused in a Sentence

a disused warehouse that had become a den for drug dealers

Recent Examples of disused from the Web

It is shared by 50 other Melbourne residents who belong to Urban Coup, a collective that wants to turn a disused button factory in an old industrial area into a cohousing community by 2020.

— michael taylor, The Christian Science Monitor, "Won't you be my neighbor: Melbourne experiments with community-led housing," 11 July 2018
French activist farmer Cedric Herrou had assisted some 200 migrants, housing some in his farm in the Alps' Roya valley and others in a disused building, while also helping them travel in France.

— Fox News, "The Latest: Migrants reaching Spain by sea up 120 percent," 6 July 2018
The station has a set of disused tracks that provided an appealingly industrial setting.

— william finnegan, The New Yorker, "Can Andy Byford Save the Subways?," 2 July 2018
Drive up that disused side road and see if there’s somewhere good to stay.

— aaron gulley, Outside Online, "Ditching Your Phone Will Change How You Recreate," 29 June 2018
It had been considered dormant ever since and, when viewed by satellite, appeared disused.

— New York Times, "Deep in the Desert, Iran Quietly Advances Missile Technology," 23 May 2018
Right, visitors toasted the iconic plane in its disused cabin.

— scott mccartney, WSJ, "Last Rites for a Boeing 747," 6 June 2018
Examples include Providence, R.I., where Brown University worked with two colleges and CV Properties, a Boston developer, to repurpose a disused power station as a nursing school and an administration building.

— New York Times, "New Jersey Town and University Bridge Their Divide, and Both Reap a Reward," 29 May 2018
For years, the Russian government promised to build a new spaceport inside its own borders, but just started active construction at a disused missile site near the town of Svobodny in the Amur Region in 2011.

— anatoly zak, Popular Mechanics, "Why Putin Wouldn't Let You Watch Russia's Latest Space Launch," 28 Apr. 2016

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