as in neglect
lack of use
since the car has experienced years of disuse, starting it up won't be easy
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Yet that approach has fallen into disuse, even as Russia’s threat to the liberal world has grown.
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Victoria Nuland, Foreign Affairs, 9 June 2020
Though my fingers were clumsy with disuse, the tone of that instrument was powerful enough to fill a concert hall.
—Julie Orringer, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2024
For many people muscle shortening is a long process, worsening over months or years of disuse.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 20 Feb. 2024
Nestled in a pit that had been used to supply water for malting and brewing until around 270 AD, archaeologists believe that the eggs had been left there as gifts to the gods once the pit had fallen into disuse, Biddulph said.
—Issy Ronald, CNN, 12 Feb. 2024
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Victoria Nuland, Foreign Affairs, 9 June 2020
Though my fingers were clumsy with disuse, the tone of that instrument was powerful enough to fill a concert hall.
—Julie Orringer, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2024
For many people muscle shortening is a long process, worsening over months or years of disuse.
—Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 20 Feb. 2024
Nestled in a pit that had been used to supply water for malting and brewing until around 270 AD, archaeologists believe that the eggs had been left there as gifts to the gods once the pit had fallen into disuse, Biddulph said.
—Issy Ronald, CNN, 12 Feb. 2024
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“Disuse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disuse. Accessed 16 Sep. 2024.
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