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Meanings of disused in anglès

No longer in use.

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Examples for "obsolete"
Examples for "obsolete"
1
There's only one problem: Defense companies already want to render it obsolete.
Wired
2
However, the fleet is largely obsolete and not fit for modern combat.
Reuters
3
The problem of obsolete, mandated motor vehicle standards inhibiting safer technologies matters.
Wired
4
Make NATO Great Again NATO was obsolete, but it's no longer obsolete.
Wired
5
Technology is changing so fast that media formats are quickly rendered obsolete.
BBC
Usage of disused in anglès
1
Since the fire they've carried on training in a disused car park.
BBC
2
They passed through the copsewood, following the line of the disused quarries.
The Hollow Needle; Further adventures of Arsene Lupin
3
Three disused cooling towers at Didcot A Power Station have been demolished.
BBC
4
This she does by renting three disused billboards just outside of town.
The Guardian
5
The previous night, the disused office building accommodated 21 men and women.
The Irish Times
6
Outside, the building has all the allure of a disused open-cast mine.
The Guardian
7
Expect to find the fireplaces disused and closed with fireboards or bricks.
If You're Going to Live in the Country
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Some disused quarries became refuse tips, and a potential source of pollution.
The Guardian
9
The young Tony spent his childhood living in a disused railway carriage.
The Irish Times
10
I had once heard that disused railway-cars were convertible into sea-side cottages.
And Even Now
11
And this surrender was early followed by weakness of her disused body.
Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness
12
Yesterday I threw a disused safety-razor blade over the old scoundrel's nose.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, October 17, 1917
13
This custom had long been disused, but was now restored by Caesar.
The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 01: Julius Caesar
14
A disused clothes-basket in the spare-room was full of flour, slightly weevily.
Agahta christie: an autobiography
15
The Cumberland House Crees in particular have been long disused to war.
The Journey to the Polar Sea
16
Hannah leaned against the wall and stared into her stark, disused kitchen.
Mom over miami
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Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Less common
United States of America
Rare