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desuetude

noun as in state of not being in use

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It turns heavily on great creaking hinges stiff from long desuetude, and swings to after us as with an ominous sigh.

Toasts have also fallen into "desuetude" at private dinners.

Having no means the Commission could do absolutely nothing, and hence may be said to be in a state of "innocuous desuetude."

James is strewn over about forty—part of which must go into desuetude, have perhaps done so already.

After the day of Pope the epistle again fell into desuetude, or occasional use, in England.

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On this page you'll find 8 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to desuetude, such as: disuse, and inactivity.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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