Definition of disused
:no longer used or occupied :abandoned
- disused buildings
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a disused warehouse that had become a den for drug dealers
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In March 2016, Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced plans for the Paseo, a street-level promenade that will wind several miles from Pilsen to Little Village along a disused rail corridor, with landscaping, gathering places, and public art.
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In coming years, the museum plans to activate seven acres of largely disused parkland along Doan Brook on its west side.
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But, New York's most unique park is the High Line (212-206-9922; thehighline.org), a 1.45-mile linear park on the Lower West Side that was redeveloped from a disused, elevated spur of the New York Central Railroad.
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Kamoto stands on a disused bridge over a stream and watches as the herd moves tentatively out of the enclosure into their new sanctuary.
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When the Wardman Park Hotel was getting rid of its furniture, Lou bought it and stuck it in a disused grocery store on 17th Street NW.
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Zaha Hadid's plan for the redevelopment of a disused factory in Belgrade, Serbia, gives a lesson in regeneration with style.
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Workers scooped out the soggy earth around a disused dry dock, leaving the concrete shell intact.
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The Binghamton nabe was once a disused industrial stretch east of Midtown.
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derelict, deserted, desolate, abandoned, forgotten, forsaken, rejected, vacant, vacated, voidRelated Words
ignored, neglected, unattended, untended; castaway, cast-off, discarded, jettisoned, junked, refuse, waste; godforsaken, miserable, shabby, wretched; empty, idleNear Antonyms
reclaimed, recovered, redeemed, rescued, retrieved, salvaged, saved; reconditioned, rehabbed, rehabilitated, restored; repeopledDISUSED Defined for English Language Learners
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