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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Recent Examples of disuse
There are now more than two decades’ worth of experimental websites, art projects on defunct social networks, and vernacular digital images that have simply been lost to technological obsolescence and disuse.
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Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 7 May 2025
Muscle weakness can occur due to age, disuse or because of medical conditions such as multiple sclerosis or ALS.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 2 May 2025
The rescission power fell into disuse under Bill Clinton.
—The Editors, National Review, 10 Mar. 2025
So many mainstream film characters, especially ones assigned to women, act like windup dolls that sputter into disuse when their scenes end.
—Julia Whelan Emma Kehlbeck Joel Thibodeau, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
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Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 7 May 2025
Muscle weakness can occur due to age, disuse or because of medical conditions such as multiple sclerosis or ALS.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 2 May 2025
The rescission power fell into disuse under Bill Clinton.
—The Editors, National Review, 10 Mar. 2025
So many mainstream film characters, especially ones assigned to women, act like windup dolls that sputter into disuse when their scenes end.
—Julia Whelan Emma Kehlbeck Joel Thibodeau, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disuse
Noun
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Like most extended car warranty providers, CarShield excludes pre-existing conditions that existed before your warranty took effect, as well as damage resulting from poor maintenance, neglect or intentional abuse.—
Brian Sloan,
CNBC,
4 Sep. 2025
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Cash remains hopeful that the provision will be implemented later because cameras could both exonerate teachers who have been falsely accused of neglect and provide evidence against those teachers who do not follow state protocols.—
IndyStar,
IndyStar,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The author means this in the larger sense of abandonment—of a parent, of a friend, or even of a boss.—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
3 Sep. 2025
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Public shelters and private rescues across Southern California are seeing an increase in large dog abandonment and owner requests for assistance.—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
30 Aug. 2025
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This makes hearing loss the largest modifiable risk factor for dementia, surpassing smoking, hypertension, or physical inactivity.—
Joseph Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Some of the conditions listed as high risk for Covid-19 – such as physical inactivity – are loosely defined and may be left up to individual plans to interpret.—
Jacqueline Howard,
CNN Money,
30 Aug. 2025
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“Disuse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disuse. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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