as in deserted
left unoccupied or unused
a disused warehouse that had become a den for drug dealers
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Recent Examples of disused
True to the designer’s ethos, the auction will be staged in a disused building at 81 Boulevard Voltaire, in the 11th arrondissement.
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Sandra Salibian, WWD, 16 Dec. 2024
The London Transport Museum offers tours as part of its Hidden London series, which visit secret spaces such as disused platforms.
—Pat Tompkins, AFAR Media, 12 Dec. 2024
Adding to the friction, North Korea last month blew up sections of disused roads and railways that lead to the heavily militarized border.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
Wraxall Yard in south west England has transformed a disused Dorset dairy farm into a community space, holiday lets and an educational smallholding.
—Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
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Sandra Salibian, WWD, 16 Dec. 2024
The London Transport Museum offers tours as part of its Hidden London series, which visit secret spaces such as disused platforms.
—Pat Tompkins, AFAR Media, 12 Dec. 2024
Adding to the friction, North Korea last month blew up sections of disused roads and railways that lead to the heavily militarized border.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
Wraxall Yard in south west England has transformed a disused Dorset dairy farm into a community space, holiday lets and an educational smallholding.
—Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disused
Adjective
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The 33 towns being considered for this project, which are expected to meet final approval in the coming weeks, are all on the brink of extinction with the number of empty and abandoned houses outnumbering those that are inhabited.—
Barbie Latza Nadeau,
CNN,
21 Mar. 2025
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The team had a group task to accomplish, yes, but at every checkpoint, people had to make the decision to be selfish or selfless, and the selfish ones got rewarded while the selfless were left abandoned and miserable on the loch.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Trump argued that the Biden administration was derelict in its duty regarding disaster relief and seized on a scandal involving the apparent politicization of government resources involving a Florida official.—
Christian Datoc,
The Washington Examiner,
22 May 2025
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Broken out in three separate stories, the gritty, violent movie follows an amateur dog fighter, a supermodel, and a derelict assassin, who are all separately struggling to find love, and discover their lives metamorphosized by a devastating car wreck in Mexico City.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
20 May 2025
Adjective
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Sadly, the Skirvin closed its doors in the late '80s and sat vacant for two decades.—
Anne Roderique-Jones,
Travel + Leisure,
24 May 2025
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While the bureau received an exemption to Trump's hiring freeze and posted job openings this month for temporary workers to conduct survey interviews, more than one-fifth of its leadership positions are vacant, according to a public staff roster released earlier this month.—
Hansi Lo Wang,
NPR,
23 May 2025
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The location is on federal land just north of the U.S.-Mexico border along a desolate stretch of the Sonoran Desert about 72 miles south-southwest of Tucson.—
Doha Madani,
NBC news,
5 May 2025
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Even the trailers for Superman have echos of the Man of Steel and Batman v Superman trailers, including starting with Superman falling out of the sky into a desolate Arctic area.—
Mark Hughes,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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“Disused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disused. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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