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Definition of Disuse

Disuse

  1. To cease to use; to discontinue the practice of.
  2. To disaccustom; -- with to or from; as, disused to toil.
  3. Cessation of use, practice, or exercise; inusitation; desuetude; as, the limbs lose their strength by disuse.

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

It's so important to encourage the use of suncream, tan in a bottle and the disuse of sunbeds which are known world-wide as causes of skin cancer.
Peter Andre

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
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Disuse Translations

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

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