: 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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While the politics and world-building kind of fall to the wayside in-game, Lost Planet 2 is a textured and gritty sequel that's more interested in the larger picture of what's happening on E.D.N III versus telling a single character's story.—Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 27 June 2025 Big-name European rivals have fallen by the wayside, often by several seconds per lap.—Lawrence Ulrich, Robb Report, 25 June 2025 But any chances at winning this week appear to have gone by the wayside.—Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 June 2025 With limited resources, security teams focus on more traditional and well-known threats—like malware or network attacks—while SaaS security falls by the wayside.—Corey Elinburg, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for wayside
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