disused
adjective
dis·used
(ˌ)dis-ˈyüzd 
dish-
: no longer used or occupied : abandoned
disused buildings
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a disused warehouse that had become a den for drug dealers
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This edition’s commissions have taken over some of the town’s most striking and unusual locations, including a church built for the fishing community, a former customs house, a Martello Tower and a disused railway bridge.
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On his release, Stern went on to spend the 1950s ping-ponging between New York and California, for a time living on a disused laundry barge in Sausalito.
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One of the most powerful scenes in Sugarcane takes place in a disused barn where, over a period of decades, Indigenous children worked under the lash.
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Joanne Shurvell, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
On his release, Stern went on to spend the 1950s ping-ponging between New York and California, for a time living on a disused laundry barge in Sausalito.
—News Desk, Artforum, 3 Mar. 2025
One of the most powerful scenes in Sugarcane takes place in a disused barn where, over a period of decades, Indigenous children worked under the lash.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 8 Feb. 2025
Matthew Grey View 17 Images This ambitious transformation of a disused brutalist water tower is a real labor of love.
—Adam Williams, New Atlas, 4 Feb. 2025
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disused
adjective
dis·used
-ˈyüzd
: no longer used or occupied
disused buildings
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