disusedadj.
/dɪsˈjuːzd/ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > [adjective] > not used or accustomed > disaccustomed
disused1530
disaccustomeda1586
weaned1670
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 523/1 I can nat shote nowe but with great payne, I am so disused.
1656 R. Baxter Reformed Pastor v. 85 Many disused persons can mutter out some honest requests in secret.
1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. vii. 214 Being now in a rainy climate, which we had been long disused to.
a1763 W. Shenstone Progress of Taste i. in Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) I. 264 Disus'd to speak, he tries his skill; Speaks coldly, and succeeds but ill.
2. No longer used; fallen out of use; obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > non-use > [adjective] > fallen out of use or obsolete
oldOE
outworna1522
stale1550
obsolete1579
overgone1581
overworn1603
disused1611
exolete1611
absoletea1613
worn-out1612
outdated1616
lapsed1667
exploded1709
supersededa1831
rinky-dink1913
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Disusité, disused, grown out of vse.
1630 R. Sanderson Serm. II. 261 Some dis-used statute.
1674 R. Boyle Excellency Theol. ii. v. 222 Our ignorance..of the dis~used languages wherein they are delivered.
1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic vii. 220 A different and now disused meaning.
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