Disuse synonyms and antonyms

dĭs-yo͝os'

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abolition
The legal abolition and prohibition of slavery.
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cessation
A bringing or coming to an end; a ceasing:
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discontinuance
The act or an instance of discontinuing or the condition of being discontinued; cessation.
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desuetude
Disuse, obsolescence (for example, the state of a custom that is no longer observed nor practised)
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nonobservance
The failure to observe a custom, or to conform with a law
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discarding
The act by which something is discarded; a throwing away.
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intermission
The definition of an intermission is a brief pause during two periods of activity.
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interruption
A time interval during which there is a cessation of something.
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abrogation
The act of abrogating; a repeal by authority; abolition. [First attested in the mid 16th century.]
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forbearance
The quality of being forbearing; self-control; patient restraint
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abstinence
(Business) Delay of spending to accrue capital.
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relinquishment
The act of relinquishing something.
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decay
Decay is defined as rotted matter or the state of rotting, deteriorating or declining.
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neglect
The act or an instance of neglecting something:
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abandonment
An abandoned building or structure.
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unemployment
(Countable) A type of joblessness due to a particular economic mechanism.
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desertedness
The state or quality of being deserted.
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use (antonym)
A habitual practice, such as drug use.
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continuance (antonym)
The act or process of continuing, or lasting
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continuation (antonym)
A part or thing added to make something reach further or last longer; extension, supplement, sequel, etc.
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production (antonym)
Production is the process of making, harvesting or creating something or the amount of something that was made or harvested.
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usefulness (antonym)
The quality of being useful, to which extent something is useful
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employment (antonym)
The definition of employment is the number or percentage of people who have jobs.
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omission (related)
The act or an instance of omitting.
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insuetude
(Archaic) The state or quality of being unaccustomed; absence of habit.
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inusitation
(Archaic) Lack of use; disuse.
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obsolescence
A process or condition of becoming useless or obsolete.
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obsoleteness
Quality or state of being obsolete or unused.
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new (related)
(Australia) A kind of light beer.
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used (related)
The quality or state of being obsolete
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out-of-dateness
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unfashionableness
The state or condition of being unfashionable.
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disrepair (related)
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1840-s (related)
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abeyance (related)
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inaction
Lack or absence of action.
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abolishment
The act of abolishing; abolition; destruction. [First attested from the mid 16th century.]
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Disuse Sentence Examples

  • Motives drawn from homoeopathic magic may thus explain the occasional disuse and prohibition of pictorial and plastic Xiv.

  • The classic term "camelopard," probably introduced when these animals were brought from North Africa to the Roman amphitheatre, has fallen into complete disuse.

  • There seems but little doubt that Napier was the first to make use of a decimal separator, and it is curious that the separator which he used, the point, should be that which has been ultimately adopted, and after a long period of partial disuse.

  • Almost immediately after the Norman Conquest the word fell into disuse.

  • This sport was allowed to fall into disuse, and was not again prevalent until it was introduced from Holland after the Restoration.

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