"disuse" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɪsˈjuːs/ [noun], /dɪsˈjuːz/ [verb] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-disuse.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-disuse2.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: From Old French desuser, equivalent to dis- + use. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fro|desuser}} Old French desuser, {{pre|en|dis|use}} dis- + use Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} disuse (uncountable)
  1. The state of not being used; neglect. Tags: uncountable Derived forms: disused Translations (disuse): излизане от употреба (izlizane ot upotreba) (Bulgarian), onbruik [neuter] (Dutch), Nichtgebrauch [masculine] (German), Nichtnutzung [feminine] (German), disuso [masculine] (Italian), desuso [masculine] (Portuguese), desuso [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-disuse-en-noun-uc9fcAcX

Verb

IPA: /dɪsˈjuːs/ [noun], /dɪsˈjuːz/ [verb] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-disuse.wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-disuse2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: disuses [present, singular, third-person], disusing [participle, present], disused [participle, past], disused [past]
Etymology: From Old French desuser, equivalent to dis- + use. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|fro|desuser}} Old French desuser, {{pre|en|dis|use}} dis- + use Head templates: {{en-verb}} disuse (third-person singular simple present disuses, present participle disusing, simple past and past participle disused)
  1. (transitive) To cease the use of. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-disuse-en-verb-2fbKjOmi
  2. (transitive, archaic) To disaccustom. Tags: archaic, transitive
    Sense id: en-disuse-en-verb-uabO~jXE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English heteronyms, English terms prefixed with dis-, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 7 85 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 12 16 72 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 14 13 73 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with dis-: 30 26 44 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 15 14 71

Inflected forms

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