From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishdisusedis‧use /dɪsˈjuːs/ noun [uncountable]USE somethinga situation in which something is no longer usedThe building eventually fell into disuse.Examples from the Corpusdisuse• Now the workforce has shrunk to less than a thousand, and much of the plant is in disuse.• It was a commentary on heroism and how it has fallen into disuse.• The railwaytracks were lifted in the 1960s, and the bridge fell into disuse.• As a result there was water, water everywhere except in the Bath House, which fell into disuse and subsequently burned.• Following a period of disuse, its machinery and water wheel were removed.• Through simpledisuse and lack of feedback, she may stop conjuring up stories.• The pattern is allowed to atrophy through disuse.fell into disuse• The railway tracks were lifted in the 1960s, and the bridge fell into disuse.• It was originally a public well, but fell into disuse in the late sixteenth-century.• In fact there were complaints from uppercrustvisitors about the din, so the cellsfell into disuse.• Because of the problems with falseprophecy, the gift of prophecy itself eventually fell into disuse and sometimesdisrepute.• A lot of farmlandfell into disuse during the war.• This and all the other alternativeorificesfell into disuse.• Eventually these theoriesfell into disuse, largely because they were unable to explain the wholerange of different types of learning.• Early in 1922 the tramway fell into disuse for the second and final time.• As a result there was water, water everywhere except in the Bath House, which fell into disuse and subsequently burned.