Roget's Thesaurus

#678. Disuse

Nouns

forbearance, abstinence; disuse; relinquishment etc. 782; desuetude etc. (want of habit) 614; disusage.

Verbs

not use; do without, dispense with, let alone, not touch, forbear, abstain, spare, waive, neglect; keep back, reserve. lay up, lay by, lay on the shelf, keep on the shelf, lay up in ordinary; lay up in a napkin; shelve; set aside, put aside, lay aside; disuse, leave off, have done with; supersede; discard etc. (eject) 297; dismiss, give warning. throw aside etc. (relinquish) 782; make away with etc. (destroy) 162; cast overboard, heave overboard, throw overboard; cast to the dogs, cast to the winds; dismantle etc. (Render useless) 645. lie unemployed, remain unemployed etc. adj.

Adjectives

not used etc. v.; unemployed, unapplied, undisposed of, unspent, unexercised, untouched, untrodden, unessayed, ungathered, unculled; uncalled for, not required. disused etc. v.; done with.