unused
Example Sentences
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Hinoki is an important timber tree in Japan, but its roots are often left behind and unused after logging.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026
“Facilities with substantial unused capacity continue to generate operating and maintenance costs,” the report states.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 6, 2026
There are, however, indications the backlog is now stabilising after the government committed unlimited funding to pay for more judges to sit in courts that were otherwise being unused.
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2026
Americans collectively forfeit billions of dollars annually in unused benefits, which often expire at the end of the calendar year.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
With the operation over, the exhausted men had put the unused mortar shells back into the cases, stacked them in the truck, and driven back to the base.
From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge
