Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Disuse

Nouns
  • forbearance, abstinence
  • disuse
  • relinquishment etc. Relinquishment
  • desuetude etc. (want of habit) Desuetude
  • 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, keep 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 etc. (eject) [Motion out of, actively] Ejection
  • dismiss, give warning. throw aside etc. (relinquish) Relinquishment
  • make away with etc. (destroy) [Nonproduction.] Destruction
  • cast overboard, heave overboard, throw overboard
  • cast to the dogs, cast to the winds
  • dismantle etc. (Render useless) Inutility. lie unemployed, remain unemployed etc. adj.
Adjectives
  • not used etc. v.
  • unemployed, unapplied, undisposed of, unspent, unexercised, untouched, untrodden, unessayed, ungathered, unculled
  • uncalled for, not required. disused etc. v.
  • done with.