Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Desuetude

Nouns
  • desuetude, disusage
  • obsolescence, disuse etc. Disuse
  • want of habit, want of practice
  • inusitation
  • newness to
  • new brooms. infraction of usage etc. (unconformity) Unconformity
  • nonprevalence
  • a custom more honored in the breach than the a custom more honored in the breach than the observance" [Hamlet].
Verbs
  • be unaccustomed etc. adj.
  • 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 etc. Disuse
  • wear off.
Adjectives
  • unaccustomed, unused, unwonted, unseasoned, uninured, unhabituated, untrained
  • new
  • green etc. (unskilled) Unskillfulness
  • unhackneyed. unusual etc. (unconformable) Unconformity
  • nonobservant
  • disused etc. Disuse.