Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Not in use or put to use.
- adj. Never having been used.
- adj. Not accustomed: unused to city traffic.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Not put to use; not employed; not applied; disused. That has never been used.
- Not accustomed; not habituated: as, hands unused to labor; hearts unused to deceit.
- Unusual; unwonted.
Wiktionary
- adj. not used
- adj. not accustomed
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Not used.
- adj. Not habituated; unaccustomed.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. infrequently exposed to
- adj. not in active use
- adj. not yet put into use
- adj. not yet used or soiled
Examples
“Mark McQueen was hired to be the weatherman–slash–music personality interviewer, and I was crowned “sidekick,” a term unused in morning television since they had had a chimpanzee on theToday show.”
“I grew up in Manhattan on the Upper East Side where the homeless (a term unused back then) were oddities in the 1960's and 1970's, and quickly carted off lest the neighborhood be "sullied.”
The Huffington Post: Stephanie Gertler: On the Street Where She Lives
“MCCORMACK: And we think that it's time for all countries who have, what I refer to as unused leverage, to use that leverage.”
“H&S foundation is open to using embryos that otherwise would remain unused as a result of fertility treatments.”
ProWomanProLife » “Saving babies’ lives, before they’re even born”
“The research may use stem cells from adult stem cells; embryos that otherwise would remain unused as a result of fertility treatments; fetal tissues; post-birth umbilical cord blood; and existing stem cells lines already being used in research.”
ProWomanProLife » “Saving babies’ lives, before they’re even born”
“As it stands right now the Treasury is sitting on over $200 billion in unused TARP money.”
“The SF Bay area is well stocked if not quite awash in unused office space, yet Google is going to expand/build a new campus?”
Google Plans Major Expansion in Its Backyard - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
“Topeka - The Flint Hills Center for Public Policy said it has found almost $2 billion in unused money in special revenue funds, such as unemployment compensation taxes paid by employers and fees paid by barbers and dentists.”
“If you are suggesting that a weapon unused is a useless weapon you are wacked.”
Think Progress » Lynne Cheney ‘Marshals Support’ For Iraq War at Elementary School
“Now, scientists at the University of Edinburgh are seeking to identify brain's 'survival' genes which lie dormant in unused brain cells, but are re-awakened in active brain cells.”
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BUDG - general terms
Budgetese - not a sexy topic but a very comprehensive list of words and collocations used in EU circles. Budgeting experts please comment and expand.
heading, across-the-board ..., emergency reserve, frontload, mopping-up, performance reserve, positive margin, negative margin, public finances, structural operat..., administrative ex..., management of EU ... and 657 more...
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CONT - general terms
additionality, audit trail, accounting standards, auditing standards, general audit obj..., a posteriori audit, a priori audit, above board, acceptable error ..., access rights, accountability, accountable entities and 1283 more...
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The things they carried (List 2)
Listening to this as an audio book for the second time. Tim O'Brien uses simple words and phrases to great effect. Very few unfamilar and big words . The writing style reminds me of words from Joh...
The, Things, They, Carried, meant, fond, By necessity,, presented to him, far beyond, against the brick..., reaching, taut and 2940 more...
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