unused

Speech parts

1. unused - Adjective

2. unused - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Not used; as, an unused book; an unused apartment.

Not habituated; unaccustomed.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

idle fresh surplus spare unemployed vacant inactive dormant untouched unoccupied untapped unspent unexploited unutilized not used
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Antonyms

used old working active ancient going
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Phrases with the word

unused energy unused power unused zone be unused less unused unused condition

Anagrams

unsued

Examples

Unused to the situations in which I find myself, and embarassed by the slightest difficulties, I seldom discover, till too late, how I ought to act. Frances Burney

Loneliness comes in two basic varieties. When it results from a desire for solitude, loneliness is a door we close against the world. When the world instead rejects us, loneliness is an open door, unused. Dean Koontz

To expect ... the same service from raw and undisciplined recruits, as from veteran soldiers, is to expect what never did and perhaps never will happen. Men, who are familiarized to danger, meet it without shrinking; whereas troops unused to service often apprehend danger where no danger is. George Washington

Unused iron is ruined by rust. Portuguese Proverb

Go often to the house of thy friend; for weeds soon choke up the unused path. Scandinavian Proverb

Unused firewood mocks the burning wood. Kikuyu Proverb

Close letter words and terms

unusage unuse unuseable unused condition unused energy unused power