as in neglect
lack of use
since the car has experienced years of disuse, starting it up won't be easy
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How is Milwaukee making sure its absentee ballot drop boxes are still secure after years of disuse?
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Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 5 July 2024
The 111-year-old Beaux-Arts building, designed by the same firm that did New York City’s Grand Central Station, had fallen into disuse after closing in the 1980s, becoming a symbol for the city’s decline—something Ford had long wanted to change.
—Ayesha Javed, TIME, 9 June 2024
Yet that approach has fallen into disuse, even as Russia’s threat to the liberal world has grown.
—Victoria Nuland, Foreign Affairs, 9 June 2020
Though my fingers were clumsy with disuse, the tone of that instrument was powerful enough to fill a concert hall.
—Julie Orringer, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2024
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Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 5 July 2024
The 111-year-old Beaux-Arts building, designed by the same firm that did New York City’s Grand Central Station, had fallen into disuse after closing in the 1980s, becoming a symbol for the city’s decline—something Ford had long wanted to change.
—Ayesha Javed, TIME, 9 June 2024
Yet that approach has fallen into disuse, even as Russia’s threat to the liberal world has grown.
—Victoria Nuland, Foreign Affairs, 9 June 2020
Though my fingers were clumsy with disuse, the tone of that instrument was powerful enough to fill a concert hall.
—Julie Orringer, Travel + Leisure, 14 May 2024
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“Disuse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disuse. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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