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as in unadjusted
not having acquired a habit or tolerance
the runner's performance suffered because he was unused to running at such high elevations
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as in new
recently made and never used before
preferred to start with unused pencils
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as in dormant
not being in a state of use, activity, or employment
is there an unused cubicle that the temp could work out of?
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Compal/iF Design View gallery - 6 images Compal’s award-winning AI Book concept adds a color E Ink display to the laptop’s palm rest area, turning otherwise unused space into a stylus-friendly workspace for notes, widgets, and AI prompts.
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New Atlas, 6 Mar. 2026
Netflix already does this by offering up to US$16,000 per employee yearly to cover medical, dental and vision premiums – regardless of marital status – with unused portions partially refundable.
—Peter McGraw, The Conversation, 6 Mar. 2026
Founders Square’s showcase building replaced a huge and largely unused lot that Vaca said was wasting prime real estate.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 5 Mar. 2026
That’s because the county has been using reserves to backfill unused budget capacity in different county departments — an accounting move that only requires a simple majority of three votes to pass.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2026
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New Atlas, 6 Mar. 2026
Netflix already does this by offering up to US$16,000 per employee yearly to cover medical, dental and vision premiums – regardless of marital status – with unused portions partially refundable.
—Peter McGraw, The Conversation, 6 Mar. 2026
Founders Square’s showcase building replaced a huge and largely unused lot that Vaca said was wasting prime real estate.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 5 Mar. 2026
That’s because the county has been using reserves to backfill unused budget capacity in different county departments — an accounting move that only requires a simple majority of three votes to pass.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unused
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In the unadjusted data, on the other hand, the benefits continue to increase.—
Alex Hutchinson,
Outside,
30 Jan. 2026
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Multiple states saw large spikes in claims following the holiday period, including California (14,499), Illinois (11,207) and New York (10,600), according to unadjusted figures.—
Sean Conlon,Pia Singh,
CNBC,
10 Dec. 2025
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Publicly available satellite imagery shows the school building was part of the military compound until about 2017, when a new wall was added to separate the two.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 Mar. 2026
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Rosenthal believes stories about kids feeling nervous or afraid to try new things connect with both children and adults.—
Lisa Boone,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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Crepe myrtles bloom on new growth, and the best time to prune is while the tree is dormant, so new growth isn't killed by a late cold snap.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
8 Mar. 2026
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Allow dormant, brown lawns time to recover in the warmer weather before fertilizing in April.—
Wayne Hobbs,
Florida Times-Union,
7 Mar. 2026
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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
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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
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Venezuela manager Omar López spent his off day experiencing another side of South Florida’s sports scene.—
Noah Gulley,
Miami Herald,
12 Mar. 2026
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It was later sold in an off-market deal, at which point it was renamed Contigo.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
12 Mar. 2026
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By offering to set aside nearly a third of the units as affordably priced, Vessel is able to use Connecticut’s 8-30g law as powerful leverage to get those plans approved — especially in affluent suburbs unaccustomed to large-scale apartment complexes with modernistic architecture.—
Don Stacom,
Hartford Courant,
24 Feb. 2026
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Heat waves now happen in unaccustomed places like the Pacific Northwest.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 Feb. 2026
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Firefighters rushed to downtown Los Angeles to extinguish flames that engulfed a vacant business Thursday afternoon.—
Matthew Rodriguez,
CBS News,
12 Mar. 2026
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Two decades later, the land around the stadium remains mostly vacant.—
Luke Cyphers,
Sportico.com,
12 Mar. 2026
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Reuters reported Monday that traffic into and out of the Gulf was at an almost complete standstill and that hundreds of tankers were sitting idle near Hormuz.—
Dante Motley,
Austin American Statesman,
9 Mar. 2026
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But the Heat did extend its lead over the idle eighth-place Philadelphia 76ers (34-29) to one game.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
9 Mar. 2026
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“Unused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unused. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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