disuse Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the state of something that has been unused and neglected
    neglect.
    • the house was in a terrible state of neglect

WordNet

Dis*use" transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Disused ; present participle & verbal noun Disusing
Definitions
  1. To cease to use; to discontinue the practice of.
  2. To disaccustom; -- with to or from; as, disused to toil. "Disuse me from . . . pain." Donne.
Dis*use" noun
Definitions
  1. Cessation of use, practice, or exercise; inusitation; desuetude; as, the limbs lose their strength by disuse.
    The disuse of the tongue in the only . . . remedy. Addison.
    Church discipline then fell into disuse. Southey.

Webster 1913