disused
adjective
dis·used
(ˌ)dis-ˈyüzd 
dish-
: no longer used or occupied : abandoned
disused buildings
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Examples of disused in a Sentence
a disused warehouse that had become a den for drug dealers
Recent Examples on the Web
In his first five night-shift stints as watchman at a disused ’80s amusement park/arcade mall — Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza Place — Mike stares glaze-eyed at security monitors, then drifts into violent 3-D incidents, His circumstance incarnates the hell that Morrissey sings about.
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Armond White, National Review, 1 Nov. 2023
Rosetta is brutally assaulted inside a disused church, while her mother, fending off her own attackers, somehow manages to escape.
—Lawrence Jackson, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
The men were taken for interrogation to a filtration camp in a disused factory, where their commander was beaten within earshot of the whole unit.
—Carlotta Gall Daniel Berehulak, New York Times, 20 June 2023
Even in her final year of life -- 1997 -- Diana risked everything to walk through a field of disused but active land mines in Angola where thousands risked their lives every day because stepping in the wrong place could mean losing their life or, at best, their limbs.
—Max Foster, CNN, 11 Nov. 2021
Istria is by hiking or cycling the Parenzana Trail, which follows the winding route of a disused railway line for about 80 miles.
—Mary Novakovich, CNN, 23 Jan. 2023
And in a closet in his disused private office at the Penn Biden Center in Washington.
—Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, 12 Jan. 2023
Juneau, like most of Alaska’s towns and cities, is experiencing a severe housing shortage, and the city’s downtown has a large number of commercial buildings with disused upper-floor apartments.
—James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Dec. 2022
Last year, NBCUniversal transformed a disused beer and wine distribution warehouse in northeast Albuquerque into an 80,000-sq.-ft.
—Todd Longwell, Variety, 29 Nov. 2022
Armond White, National Review, 1 Nov. 2023
Rosetta is brutally assaulted inside a disused church, while her mother, fending off her own attackers, somehow manages to escape.
—Lawrence Jackson, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
The men were taken for interrogation to a filtration camp in a disused factory, where their commander was beaten within earshot of the whole unit.
—Carlotta Gall Daniel Berehulak, New York Times, 20 June 2023
Even in her final year of life -- 1997 -- Diana risked everything to walk through a field of disused but active land mines in Angola where thousands risked their lives every day because stepping in the wrong place could mean losing their life or, at best, their limbs.
—Max Foster, CNN, 11 Nov. 2021
Istria is by hiking or cycling the Parenzana Trail, which follows the winding route of a disused railway line for about 80 miles.
—Mary Novakovich, CNN, 23 Jan. 2023
And in a closet in his disused private office at the Penn Biden Center in Washington.
—Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, 12 Jan. 2023
Juneau, like most of Alaska’s towns and cities, is experiencing a severe housing shortage, and the city’s downtown has a large number of commercial buildings with disused upper-floor apartments.
—James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Dec. 2022
Last year, NBCUniversal transformed a disused beer and wine distribution warehouse in northeast Albuquerque into an 80,000-sq.-ft.
—Todd Longwell, Variety, 29 Nov. 2022
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First Known Use
1611, in the meaning defined above
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disused
adjective
dis·used
-ˈyüzd
: no longer used or occupied
disused buildings
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