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See definition of disused on Dictionary.com
  • as inobsolete
  • as inoutmoded
  • as inpassé

synonyms for disused

  • antiquated
  • archaic
  • out-of-date
  • outmoded
  • anachronistic
  • ancient
  • antediluvian
  • antique
  • bygone
  • dated
  • dead
  • dead and gone
  • dinosaur
  • discarded
  • done for
  • dusty
  • extinct
  • fossil
  • gone
  • had it
  • has-been
  • horse and buggy
  • kaput
  • moldy
  • moth-eaten
  • old
  • old-fashioned
  • old-hat
  • old-school
  • out
  • out-of-fashion
  • outworn
  • passé
  • stale
  • superannuated
  • superseded
  • timeworn
  • unfashionable

antonyms for disused

MOST RELEVANT
  • current
  • modern
  • new
  • contemporary
  • in vogue
  • present
  • up-to-date
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How to use disused in a sentence

He went into the nursery, unearthed the now-disused Noah's Ark, and sucked the paint off as many animals as remained.
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Several chimneys in my locality with disused flues are taken possession of by colonies of bees nearly every season.
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It was a very imposing construction, built, with some help from the village carpenter, of portions of some disused fencing.
THE TALKING HORSEF. ANSTEY
The Sirdar on his knees before a large pile of finely ground flour was ladling it into a bag with a disused Quaker Oats tin.
MOUNT EVEREST THE RECONNAISSANCE, 1921CHARLES KENNETH HOWARD-BURY
Between us and the dwelling house there was a disused pigsty.
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But it takes time to get steam up on long disused marine engines and all hands were below when the real attack was delivered.
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This hiding-place of ours was a disused workshop belonging to the Russian, who claimed to be a carpenter.
EASTERN NIGHTS - AND FLIGHTSALAN BOTT
This furnace had set fire to the coal in the disused mine and smoke had been issuing from the shaft for four weeks previously.
POISONS: THEIR EFFECTS AND DETECTIONALEXANDER WYNTER BLYTH
The rails, with their rotten sleepers, now disused, were then constantly ground by the weight of wagons.
THE UNDERGROUND CITYJULES VERNE
In a small disused graveyard, near Southport gate, lie buried a number of those who fell at Trafalgar.
ENCYCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA, 11TH EDITION, VOLUME 11, SLICE 8VARIOUS
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