Antonyms for disuse
dɪsˈyus; -ˈyuzdis·use

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1. • Decline

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1. neglect, disusenoun

   the state of something that has been unused and neglected

   "the house was in a terrible state of neglect"

   Synonyms:
   negligence, disregard, carelessness, neglect, neglectfulness, nonperformance

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1. disusenoun

   Synonyms:
   desuetude, insuetude, inusitation, discontinuance, obsoleteness

How to use disuse in a sentence?

1. Leonardo da Vinci:

   Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigors of the mind.

2. Sir B. Brodie:

   The failure of the mind in old age is often less the results of natural decay, than of disuse. Ambition has ceased to operate; contentment bring indolence, and indolence decay of mental power, ennui, and sometimes death. Men have been known to die, literally speaking, of disease induced by intellectual vacancy.

3. Greg Girard:

   Seeing Walled City fall into disuse was sort of melancholic, every city realizes too late to start caring about their architectural heritage -- it's a mistake that gets repeated everywhere. By the time you start caring about it, it's too late to save it.

4. Leonardo DaVinci:

   Just as iron rusts from disuse, even so does inaction spoil the intellect.

5. Leonardo DaVinci:

   Iron rusts from disuse water loses its purity from stagnation and in cold weather becomes frozen even so does inaction sap the vigors of the mind.

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