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DISUSE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The state of something that has been unused and neglected
Example:
the house was in a terrible state of neglect
Synonyms:
disuse; neglect
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("disuse" is a kind of...):
declination; decline (a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "disuse"):
omission (something that has been omitted)
