Definition of Disuse

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Disuse

To cease to use; to discontinue the practice of.

To disaccustom; -- with to or from; as, disused to toil.

Cessation of use, practice, or exercise; inusitation; desuetude; as, the limbs lose their strength by disuse.

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Disuse Quotations

Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation... even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.
Leonardo da Vinci

By use you possess gain; by disuse you decline and lose.
Edwin Louis Cole

Obviously I was disappointed when it fell into disuse, because it was my own track named after me, but I am sure all those youngsters we lost will be coming back, and I certainly intend to be down here as much as I can, coaching and advising.
Linford Christie

A habitual disuse of physical forces totally destroys the moral; and men lose at once the power of protecting themselves, and of discerning the cause of their oppression.
Joel Barlow

Disuse Translations

disuse in German is nicht mehr gebrauchen, Nichtgebrauch
disuse in Spanish is desuso

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