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Meanings of disuse in inglês

português
falta de uso

The state of something that has been unused and neglected.

falta de uso
Usage of disuse in inglês
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Presumably from long years of disuse, the pedals were no longer workable.
Agahta christie: an autobiography
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Background: Unavoidable periods of disuse lead to muscle atrophy and functional decline.
Pubmed
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His voice was thick from disuse, or perhaps from lack of water.
The Wyrmling Horde
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His powers had changed, fermented within him, curdling in their long disuse.
Soon I will be invincible
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These data suggest that muscle recovery following disuse in aging is complex.
Pubmed
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But this does help identify patterns in language disuse and subsequent extinction.
Reuters
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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
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More often than not, broken handpumps are abandoned and fall into disuse.
The Guardian
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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
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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
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The Commandant, from long disuse, had forgotten the formalities of official correspondence.
Major Vigoureux
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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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português
falta de uso
Disuse through the time
Disuse across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common