disuse
noun[U]
uk/dɪsˈjuːs/us/dɪsˈjuːs/theconditionof not being used (anylonger):
闲置,废弃Thechurchwasrecentlyrestoredafterdecadesof disuse.这座遗弃数十年的教堂不久前刚刚修复好。
Synonym
neglect
Using and misusing
- adopt
- adoption
- avail
- availyourselfofsomething
- be/go heavy onsomethingidiom
- exhaust
- gobblesomethingup
- make capital out ofsomethingidiom
- max
- max out
- mine a rich seam ofsomethingidiom
- spare
- spent
- swallow
- tap
- turn over
- turn tosomeone/something
- turn/usesomethingto good accountidiom
- unblock
- underuse