Definitions

desuetude

[des-wi-tood, -tyood] / ˈdɛs wɪˌtud, -ˌtjud /

NOUN

state of not being in use

Synonyms

STRONG

disuse inactivity

Example Sentences

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Desuetude and crumbling enhance the grandeur of a temple.

From The Memoirs of Victor Hugo by Hugo, Victor

Desuetude begets incompetence—the dare-not soon becomes the cannot.

From The Impending Crisis of the South How to Meet It by Helper, Hinton Rowan

Desuetude must needs beget sloth, and sloth decay.

From The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura by Butler, Harold Edgeworth

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