disused

adjective

dis·​used (ˌ)dis-ˈyüzd How to pronounce disused (audio)
dish-
: no longer used or occupied : abandoned
disused buildings

Examples of disused in a Sentence

a disused warehouse that had become a den for drug dealers
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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. 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 And Aussie ravers were principally middle-class, unlike their UK forebears in the acid-house scene who found relief from Thatcherite Britain in unauthorized takeovers of disused industrial buildings – and in their own neurochemistry. Martin McKenzie-Murray, SPIN, 7 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for disused

Word History

First Known Use

1611, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of disused was in 1611

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“Disused.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disused. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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disused

adjective
dis·​used -ˈyüzd How to pronounce disused (audio)
: no longer used or occupied
disused buildings
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