disuse

Example Sentences

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After a brief resurgence during the Civil War, when it was used as a military route, the road fell into disuse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

Since its closure along with the rail works in 1986, it fell into disuse and disrepair.

From BBC • Aug. 24, 2024

Fewer cities are volunteering to spend billions on infrastructure that sometimes falls into disuse.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 1, 2024

This is why the Spanish, who arrived in the 1500s and set out to control the people by converting them to Catholicism, banned the cultivation and possession of the crop, which fell into disuse.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2024

Wings grown stiff from disuse and dull in the bulb light of an apartment with no view to speak of.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison