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单词 disused
释义

disused

adjective

dis·​used (ˌ)dis-ˈyüzd How to pronounce disused (audio)
dish-
: no longer used or occupied : abandoned
disused buildings

Synonyms

  • abandoned
  • derelict
  • deserted
  • desolate
  • forgotten
  • forsaken
  • rejected
  • vacant
  • vacated
  • void
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Example Sentences

a disused warehouse that had become a den for drug dealers
Recent Examples on the Web More than 80 suspects were arrested in a police raid at a disused mine in Krugersdorp after reports of the rapes and robberies emerged. Mogomotsi Magome, ajc, 10 Aug. 2022 In Irpin, Svitlana Kostrykina lived with her husband, Konstantin, who served as a caretaker for a disused children’s sanatorium. Masha Gessen, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022 Down the path from a disused glass factory that also became a Russian base, a security guard was shot dead, then beheaded. Washington Post, 16 Apr. 2022 Down the path from a disused glass factory that also became a Russian base, a security guard was shot dead, then beheaded. Anchorage Daily News, 16 Apr. 2022 Swap your car for two wheels then bike the Monon Trail, a disused train track that has been lovingly reimagined as a recreational path. Brandon Presser, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 Apr. 2022 The video shows the disused Rosevale Tin Mine in Cornwall, and hand developed in water from the mine. Izzy Colón, SPIN, 17 Mar. 2022 For the upcoming Gerard Butler action thriller Kandahar, which recently wrapped filming in Saudi Arabia, production had go down the unusual route of building a makeshift studio inside a disused date processing plant. Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Feb. 2022 In fact, the towers are relics of a disused, century-old steelworks, an unremarkable part of Beijing’s sprawl. Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1611, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

disused

adjective

dis·​used dis-ˈyüzd How to pronounce disused (audio)
: not used any more

disused

adjective

as in abandoned
left unoccupied or unused a disused warehouse that had become a den for drug dealers

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • abandoned
  • deserted
  • derelict
  • vacant
  • desolate
  • vacated
  • forgotten
  • forsaken
  • discarded
  • rejected
  • empty
  • neglected
  • void
  • waste
  • junked
  • untended
  • unattended
  • ignored
  • jettisoned
  • refuse
  • shabby
  • cast-off
  • godforsaken
  • castaway
  • idle
  • miserable
  • wretched

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • reclaimed
  • salvaged
  • saved
  • recovered
  • restored
  • redeemed
  • reconditioned
  • retrieved
  • rescued
  • rehabbed
  • rehabilitated
  • repeopled
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