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as in unadjusted
not having acquired a habit or tolerance
the runner's performance suffered because he was unused to running at such high elevations
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as in new
recently made and never used before
preferred to start with unused pencils
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as in dormant
not being in a state of use, activity, or employment
is there an unused cubicle that the temp could work out of?
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Recent Examples of unused
However, ticket values never expire, and guests may change the dates for wholly unused tickets.
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Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
Their heirs may still own land around the village where crops once grew, or sheep grazed, but much of that land now sits unused.
—Dan Charles, NPR, 3 Jan. 2025
Understand your benefits: Review your employment contract for information on unused vacation days, 401(k) plan, bonuses or stock options to which you may be entitled.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
Not the most prolific performance by any means, but her 9 points in less than five minutes — as New York busted out a previously unused three-big lineup — changed the game and helped the Liberty win their first title in franchise history.
—Chantel Jennings, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
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Eve Chen, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
Their heirs may still own land around the village where crops once grew, or sheep grazed, but much of that land now sits unused.
—Dan Charles, NPR, 3 Jan. 2025
Understand your benefits: Review your employment contract for information on unused vacation days, 401(k) plan, bonuses or stock options to which you may be entitled.
—Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 1 Jan. 2025
Not the most prolific performance by any means, but her 9 points in less than five minutes — as New York busted out a previously unused three-big lineup — changed the game and helped the Liberty win their first title in franchise history.
—Chantel Jennings, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unused
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That would be a nice improvement, but some context: the record in unadjusted annual gross came in 2018, about $12 billion.Tom Brueggemann, IndieWire, 6 Jan. 2025
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But for all the positive signs this uptick suggests, the total falls below any unadjusted gross for the weekend since 2010, and in terms of attendance is one third or more less than that period and earlier.Tom Brueggemann, IndieWire, 29 Dec. 2024
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Whether the Red Wings can keep this streak going hinges on Detroit’s ability to handle this early success under new coach Todd McLellan.Max Bultman, The Athletic, 13 Jan. 2025
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While Lilibet’s princess phase might be new, her actual title isn’t.Jenzia Burgos, StyleCaster, 12 Jan. 2025
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Many plants go dormant, with their tops dying back and all their energy stored safely below ground.Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 4 Jan. 2025
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The five-square-mile island is almost entirely a hilly volcano (dormant, don’t worry) and with very little flat land to host an airport.Johanna Read, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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The works of Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson had remained unadapted to feature film until Denzel Washington took on the challenge of bringing Fences to the big screen.Kevin Jacobsen and Sammi Burke, EW.com, 17 Nov. 2023
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Sure, there have been a few adaptation attempts over the years (e.g. 2012's Tiger Eyes, 1978's Forever, and the '90s series Fudge), but to this day, some of her most beloved books remain unadapted.Devan Coggan, EW.com, 20 Apr. 2023
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The Leafs might be asking too much of him as a 33-year-old playing mostly on his off side in a top-four role.Joshua Kloke, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
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And once production started, the director and composer lived together, continuing their collaboration in off hours.Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 23 Dec. 2024
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At San Quentin, prison officials are focused on improving relations between officers and prisoners, two historically warring factions in a violent system unaccustomed to change.Hannah Wiley, Los Angeles Times, 19 Dec. 2024
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The Mets are being especially cautious with a reliever unaccustomed to the kind of high-leverage workload he’d been entrusted with lately.Tim Britton, The Athletic, 29 July 2024
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On a year-on-year basis, pork and fresh vegetable prices remain elevated, climbing 12.5%.Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2025
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The big picture: Four of the biggest blazes remained zero percent contained during low relative humidity and high winds that were beginning to weaken on Wednesday evening, though fresh spot fires ignited and a new blaze in the Hollywood Hills prompted fresh mandatory evacuation orders.Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 9 Jan. 2025
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Ensure there are no vacant positions, especially in areas that investors would scrutinize.Cody Slach, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
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According to Greenhouse, companies sometimes post these vacant positions to create a false sense of growth or to attract talent for future openings that may never materialize.Francisco Velasquez, Quartz, 14 Jan. 2025
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“Unused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unused. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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