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Recent Examples of unused If a park closes in the middle of guests' stays, guests will receive refunds for the unused portion of their trips. Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025 Sell any unused, yet intact, workout equipment through your local marketplace, and don’t forget about the smaller, less bulky gear like dumbbells and stability balls. Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Oct. 2025 However, the pavilion’s visitors rarely complied with this on-screen exhortation, leaving the nearby microphones unused. Joanna Warsza, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025 Remove any dead leaves remaining on the plant and store the pot in a dark, unheated location that receives very little sun, such as a garage, shed, crawl space, or unused room. Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 30 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for unused
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Adjective
  • The state recorded a decline of nearly 7,000 filings last week, according to unadjusted figures.
    Jeff Cox, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Compared with other parts of California, San Diego County was near the high end with its unadjusted rate of 5%.
    Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The divisions included endurance and sports race cars, supercars, flat track motorcycles, sprint cars, drift cars, vintage IndyCars, NASCAR, ASF Cup cars (American Speed Festival) and a new group called LROC (Ladies Race of Champions).
    Keenan Thompson, Freep.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • That was just one of the findings of a new statewide health survey -- just the second in the country -- that was announced Thursday by the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
    Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • To determine whether a branch is dead or just dormant, scrape some of the bark away.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Once the bulb has gone dormant and all the foliage has died down, carefully dig the bulb or tuber out of the ground.
    Erica Browne Grivas, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The works of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson had remained unadapted to feature film until Denzel Washington took on the challenge of bringing Fences to the big screen.
    Kevin Jacobsen and Sammi Burke, EW.com, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Meanwhile, farmers with unadapted seed varieties are unable to produce sufficient yield, resulting in losses for their farms and families, especially in developing countries like India.
    Afdhel Aziz, Forbes, 19 July 2022
Adjective
  • The first signs that 2025 wouldn’t live up to Ferrari’s off-season hopes emerged in testing, when McLaren teased its advantage.
    Luke Smith, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Perhaps not, and that was attributable to some of his off-field pursuits, as sports journalist Devin Gordon explains in one episode.
    Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Eating too many mandarin oranges at once may also cause bloating and other digestive discomfort, adds Weintraub, especially for those unaccustomed to a high-fiber diet.
    Daryl Austin, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
  • The codes of rhyming that Clipse speak of are as precious as the ethics of journalism, clasped tightly by their advocates, and unappreciated by the unaccustomed.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2025
Adjective
  • Newcastle were short of midfield cover and Ramsey, with his dynamism, athleticism and positive attacking mindset, gives them a fresh option.
    Tim Spiers, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Nicole Kidman sported bangs with a fresh new wavy cut for the SS26 Chanel Runway Presentation for Paris Fashion Week.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 6 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Ahead of this school year, MPS Superintendent Brenda Cassellius moved some central office staff to classroom teaching positions to fill vacant roles.
    Kayla Huynh, jsonline.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • After moving to the area with his family in 2022, proprietor Andrew Pearson saw an opportunity to bring a fine dining experience to a vacant restaurant space on Main Street.
    Brennan Long, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025

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“Unused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unused. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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