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disusage en · NOUN

Etymology

From dis- + usage.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Gradual cessation of custom or use; disuse.
    • leaving the rest to be abolished by disusage through tract of time [1594], Richard Hooker, edited by J[ohn] S[penser], Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Iohn Windet, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page):

Synonyms

disuse · superannuation · inusitation · obsoletion · obsolescence · unuse · obsoleteness · desuetude · unuse · disusage · obsoletion · desuetude