nonuse

Example Sentences

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Eventually, the resident next door said the easement was terminated over nonuse.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 12, 2024

As for Penny, his one-year contract and relative nonuse this season means he may well be looking for another fresh start when the NFL free agency period rolls around again next March.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 13, 2023

Breaking this habit, known as "arm nonuse" or "learned nonuse," can improve strength and prevent injury.

From Science Daily • Nov. 16, 2023

Why disregard the possibility that, once enough people opt in to use it, the collective adoption of this technology might dramatically transform the social environment, making nonuse difficult or impossible?

From Slate • Dec. 19, 2011

In the first instance, 146 there is not only interest on unemployed capital, but the capital is actually deteriorating through nonuse.

From The Young Farmer: Some Things He Should Know by Hunt, Thomas Forsyth