DISUSED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does disused mean? 

• DISUSED (adjective)
  The adjective DISUSED has 1 sense:

1. no longer in use

  Familiarity information: DISUSED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DISUSED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

No longer in use

Synonyms:

disused; obsolete

Context example:

obsolete words

Similar:

noncurrent (not current or belonging to the present time)

 Context examples 

Not a blind was raised; no sign of life was in the dull paved court, with its covered way leading to the disused door.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

This includes an estimated half-a-million marble-sized pieces of junk, while other items, such as discarded rockets and disused parts of space crafts, are much larger.

(Australia Developing Lasers to Track, Destroy Space Junk, VOA)