inusitation en · NOUN
Meanings
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(archaic, uncountable) Lack of use; disuse.
The mammæ of the male have not vaniſhed by inuſitation; nec curtorum, per multa ſæcula, Judæorum propagini deeſt præputium [nor has the foreskin of the Jewish offspring been lacking for many centuries].
1802, William Paley, “Of the Personality of the Deity”, in Natural Theology: Or, Evidences of the Existence and Attributes of the Deity, Collected from the Appearances of Nature, London: […] [F]or R[obert] Faulder, […], by Wilks and Taylor, […], →OCLC, page 466:
Synonyms
obsoleteness · desuetude · obsoletion · disuse · superannuation · desuetude · unuse · disusage · unuse · obsoleteness · obsolescence · inusitation