Disuse /(?; see Dis-)/
Dis·use
Disuse
v. t.
imp. & p. p. Disused; p. pr. & vb. n. Disusing
- To cease to use; to discontinue the practice of.
- To disaccustom; -- with to or from; as, disused to toil.
Disuse
n.
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Cessation of use, practice, or exercise; inusitation; desuetude; as, the limbs lose their strength by disuse.
The disuse of the tongue in the only . . . remedy.
Church discipline then fell into disuse.