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Recent Examples of unused Hartford Courant Set on over 55 acres, the property consists of a service shop with attached residence, multiple hangars, an office building with mezzanine, an unused building and a gathering area with picnic tables. Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2025 But ever since Tuesday, the only long line was the stretch of unused parking meters that formed a perimeter around the brewery. Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025 Disconnecting unused devices from your Wi-Fi should boost speeds to your others. David Brinkerhoff, USA Today, 11 June 2025 Meanwhile, upstairs, a neon dance floor remained unused at 1:30 a.m., though a DJ did perform. Emily Burns, Footwear News, 9 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for unused
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Adjective
  • Claims rose by 3,329 in Michigan, according to unadjusted figures.
    Alex Harring,Pia Singh, CNBC, 28 May 2025
  • Compared with other parts of California, San Diego County was in the middle of the pack with its unadjusted rate of 4%.
    Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2025
Adjective
  • Pair it with flat sandals and a woven bag for exploring a new city, or transition to cooler temps with a cardigan or denim jacket.
    Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 29 June 2025
  • The largest provisions in the legislation would extend expiring tax cuts and create a few new ones, and a dramatic increasing in spending on border security.
    Savannah Kuchar, USA Today, 29 June 2025
Adjective
  • Waititi never recommitted to Akira and the project has been dormant ever since.
    Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 27 June 2025
  • The group is currently dormant after Argent suffered a stroke last year that forced him to retire from touring, while White and Grundy have appeared only as special guests since 1997.
    Gary Graff, Billboard, 24 June 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
  • Sure, there have been a few adaptation attempts over the years (e.g. 2012's Tiger Eyes, 1978's Forever, and the '90s series Fudge), but to this day, some of her most beloved books remain unadapted.
    Devan Coggan, EW.com, 20 Apr. 2023
Adjective
  • Entering play Thursday, an off day for the Yankees, the reigning American League MVP had the highest average (.361), OPS (1.180), fWAR (6.1) and wRC+ (221) in baseball.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 26 June 2025
  • His hope is two off days — Wednesday’s game and the team’s off-day on Thursday — will put him in position to return to the lineup on Friday in Cincinnati.
    Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2025
Adjective
  • For others, especially those unaccustomed to emotional introspection, conflict may still feel threatening or unproductive, best avoided or minimized.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
  • Those who didn't grow up in the South are typically the first to use an adjective like unique, different, or unexpected to describe the flavor, and those are the nicer ways that those unaccustomed might put it.
    Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • This all-new pizza from DiGiorno features premium toppings and a perfectly crisp crust that serves up restaurant-quality taste fresh from your oven.
    Adam Mills, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
  • The complimentary chips were fresh and crisp and stood up well to the mild, thin red salsa (served in a small carafe to be poured into individual small bowls), the cheese dip and the guacamole.
    Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 25 June 2025
Adjective
  • In 1870, Mississippi legislators voted 81 to 15 to elect Revels to the Senate to finish the term of one of the state’s two U.S Senate seats, which had been left vacant since the Civil War.
    Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 19 June 2025
  • Earlier this month, Udoka was the subject of interest from the New York Knicks for their vacant head coaching position, one that the Rockets vehemently shut down.
    Kelly Iko, New York Times, 19 June 2025

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“Unused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unused. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.

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