| Main Entry: | disuse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of non-use |
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desuetude, discontinuance, insuetude, inusitation, obsolescence, obsoleteness |
Antonyms: |
employment, use |
| Concept: | Disuse. |
| Category: | 2. Subservience to ends; precursory measures |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
forbearance, abstinence; disuse; relinquishment; desuetude (want of habit); disusage.
-verbs
not use; do without, dispense with, let alone, not touch, forbear, abstain, spare, waive, neglect; keep back, reserve; lay up, lay by, lay on the shelf, lay up in ordinary; lay up in a napkin; shelve; set aside, put aside, lay aside; disuse, leave off, have done with; supersede; discard (eject); dismiss, give warning., throw aside (relinquish); make away with (destroy); cast overboard , heave overboard , throw overboard; cast to the dogs, cast to the winds; dismantle (Render useless)., lie unemployed, remain unemployed.
-adjectives
not used; unemployed, unapplied, undisposed of, unspent, unexercised, untouched, untrodden, unessayed, ungathered, unculled; uncalled for, not required., disused; done with.
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Antonyms: |
use |
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| Main Entry: | waste |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | spending, use without thought |
Synonyms: |
decay, desolation, destruction, devastation, dilapidation, dissipation, disuse, exhaustion, expenditure, extravagance, fritter, havoc, improvidence, lavishness, loss, lost opportunity, misapplication, misuse, overdoing, prodigality, ravage, ruin, squander, squandering, unthriftiness, wastage, wastefulness |
| Notes: | wastage is loss through use such as wear, leakage, or decay; the gradual process of wasting; or an amount that is wasted -- while waste is loss through carelessness, inefficiency, or ignorance or another word for garbage or rubbish |
Antonyms: |
hoarding, saving |
| Main Entry: | desuetude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | state of not being in use |
Synonyms: |
disuse, inactivity |
| Main Entry: | obsoleteness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obsolescence |
Synonyms: |
abandonment, desuetude, disuse, neglect, nonuse, obsoletism |
| Concept: | Desuetude. |
| Category: | 1. Acts of volition |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
desuetude, disusage; obsolescence, disuse; want of habit, want of practice; inusitation; newness to; new brooms., infraction of usage (unconformity); nonprevalence; "a custom more honored in the breach than the observance" [Hamlet].
-verbs
be unaccustomed; leave off a habit, cast off a habit, break off a habit, wean oneself of a habit, violate a habit, break through a habit, infringe a habit, leave off a custom, cast off a custom, break off a custom, wean oneself of a custom, violate a custom, break through a custom, infringe a custom, leave off a usage, cast off a usage, break off a usage, wean oneself of a usage, violate a usage, break through a usage, infringe a usage; disuse; wear off.
-adjectives
unaccustomed, unused, unwonted, unseasoned, uninured, unhabituated, untrained; new; green (unskilled); unhackneyed., unusual (unconformable); nonobservant; disused.
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Antonyms: |
habit |
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| Concept: | Waste. |
| Category: | 2. Subservience to ends; actual subservience |
Synonyms: |
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consumption, expenditure, exhaustion; dispersion; ebb; leakage (exudation); loss; wear and tear; waste; prodigality; misuse; wasting; rubbish (useless)., mountain in labor.
-verbs
spend, expend, use, consume, swallow up, exhaust; impoverish; spill, drain, empty; disperse., cast away, fool away, muddle away, throw away, fling away, fritter away; burn the candle at both ends, waste; squander., "waste its sweetness on the desert air " [Gray]; cast one's bread upon the waters, cast pearls before swine; employ a steam engine to crack a nut, waste powder and shot, break a butterfly on a weel; labor in vain (useless); cut blocks with a razor, pour water into a sieve., leak (run out); run to waste; ebb; melt away, run dry, dry up.
-adjectives
wasted; at a low ebb., wasteful (prodigal); penny wise and pound foolish.
-phrases
magno conatu magnas nugas; le jeu ne vaut pas la chandelle; "idly busy rolls their world away" [Goldsmith].
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