The state of something that has been unused and neglected.
1 Presumably from long years of disuse , the pedals were no longer workable.
2 Background: Unavoidable periods of disuse lead to muscle atrophy and functional decline.
3 His voice was thick from disuse , or perhaps from lack of water.
4 His powers had changed, fermented within him, curdling in their long disuse .
5 These data suggest that muscle recovery following disuse in aging is complex.
6 But this does help identify patterns in language disuse and subsequent extinction.
7 The stove fulfilled its functions perfectly despite the red rust of disuse .
8 The silks were faded, dingy, worn in the creases from sheer disuse .
9 More often than not, broken handpumps are abandoned and fall into disuse .
10 Owing to disuse , the talent in that direction has almost been lost.
11 In fact, all results point to the fact that disuse brings deterioration.
12 Since the disuse of print, opticians have mostly gone to the poor-house.
13 Gradually the power of speech was going from her because of disuse .
14 The Commandant, from long disuse , had forgotten the formalities of official correspondence.
15 Aristophanes means to say that the old habits had fallen into disuse .
16 This practice seems to have fallen into disuse , more is the pity.
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