disused

Speech parts

1. disused - Adjective

2. disused - Verb

4. disused - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

of Disuse

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

obsolete outdated antiquated defunct old-fashioned neolithic dowdy out old past idler honeysuckle passe ancient dead
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Antonyms

dapper swish new modern current designer
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Phrases with the word

disused newspaper disused paper

Examples

One day humanity will play with law just as children play with disused objects, not in order to restore them to their canonical use but to free them from it for good. Giorgio Agamben

And in a disused shed in Co. Wexford, Deep in the grounds of a burnt-out hotel, Among the bathtubs and the washbasins A thousand mushrooms crowd to a keyhole. Derek Mahon

If you're looking for a cheap sort Glint with perspiration There's a five mile queue Outside the disused powerstation. Pete Doherty

The average politician goes through a sentence like a man exploring a disused mine shaft-blind, groping, timorous and in imminent danger of cracking his shins on a subordinate clause or a nasty bit of subjunctive. Robertson Davies

obsolete words Source: Internet

A cable-operated narrow gauge railway lies disused, though it was once used to send supplies up to the summit of Ward Hill. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

disuprazole disusage disuse disused newspaper disused paper disutility