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Unused vs. Disused
Unused
/ˌʌnˈjuːzd/Examples:
The unused tickets were left on the counter.Despite the wealth of the unused land, it remained barren.He returned the library books completely unused.
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Disused
/dɪsˈjuːzd/Examples:
The barn was full of disused farming equipment.We explored the disused railway track.The old factory was now disused and abandoned.
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Ways to tell them apart:
- Unused implies something that has not been used at all, even though it's available for use.
- Disused indicates something that was used in the past but is no longer in use.
- You can think of unused as never used while disused as no longer used.
- An item in the original packaging is often unused.
- A building deserted and left to decay is often disused.
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