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Meanings of disuse in English

Portuguese
falta de uso

The state of something that has been unused and neglected.

falta de uso
Usage of disuse in English
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Presumably from long years of disuse, the pedals were no longer workable.
Agahta christie: an autobiography
2
Background: Unavoidable periods of disuse lead to muscle atrophy and functional decline.
Pubmed
3
His voice was thick from disuse, or perhaps from lack of water.
The Wyrmling Horde
4
His powers had changed, fermented within him, curdling in their long disuse.
Soon I will be invincible
5
These data suggest that muscle recovery following disuse in aging is complex.
Pubmed
6
But this does help identify patterns in language disuse and subsequent extinction.
Reuters
7
The stove fulfilled its functions perfectly despite the red rust of disuse.
Burned Bridges
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The silks were faded, dingy, worn in the creases from sheer disuse.
The Purchase Price; Or, The Cause of Compromise
9
More often than not, broken handpumps are abandoned and fall into disuse.
The Guardian
10
Owing to disuse, the talent in that direction has almost been lost.
The Confessions of a Beachcomber
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In fact, all results point to the fact that disuse brings deterioration.
How to Teach
12
Since the disuse of print, opticians have mostly gone to the poor-house.
With The Eyes Shut / 1898
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Gradually the power of speech was going from her because of disuse.
Janice Day at Poketown
14
The Commandant, from long disuse, had forgotten the formalities of official correspondence.
Major Vigoureux
15
Aristophanes means to say that the old habits had fallen into disuse.
The Eleven Comedies, Volume 2
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This practice seems to have fallen into disuse, more is the pity.
The Irish Times
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Translations for disuse
Portuguese
falta de uso
Disuse through the time
Disuse across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common