disused
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Synonyms
abandoned, derelict, deserted, desolate, forgotten, forsaken, rejected, vacant, vacated, void
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There was until recently an encampment on a nearby disused bus park where the migrants could pitch tents, but it was broken up on Mr Salvini’s orders. — The Economist, "Migrant arrivals in Italy have tumbled," 8 Aug. 2019 The disused Thurgoland railway tunnel in Yorkshire now forms part of the U.K.’s National Cycle Network. — Trevor Cox, National Geographic, "15 musical wonders to see—and hear," 31 July 2019 Both are near Greenville, N.C. To see the up-and-running station alongside its vandalized, disused doppelganger is to glimpse a living world next to a dying one. — David Pagel, Los Angeles Times, "‘Voice of America’ exhibition is a fascinating look at early shortwave radio," 30 July 2019 Models walked down a dark gravel runway under the metal roof of the disused steel plant in sturdy boots. — Thomas Adamson And Colleen Barry, chicagotribune.com, "What (the runways say) guys will be wearing for summer 2020," 24 June 2019 The largest refugee camp on Samos is situated on a disused military base perched in the pine forests above Vathy. — Nicolas Niarchos, The New Yorker, "On a Greek Island That Welcomed Migrants, Residents and Refugees Feel Abandoned," 13 June 2019 Another is when a long-disused pipe organ in the house gets played, and dust emerges with the music. — Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, "A sense of dislocation in ‘The Last Black Man in San Francisco’," 13 June 2019 Monopoly break-ups are the disused weapons of antitrust. — The Economist, "Regulating Big Tech makes them stronger, so they need competition instead," 6 June 2019 On a recent trip back to Philadelphia from Palm Springs, Calif., now his home, Parker visited the long-disused building, which is being renovated into 24 apartments over a Fine Wine & Good Spirits store. — Jacob Adelman, https://www.inquirer.com, "Celebrated designer revisits eccentric grain silo home (and party den) in a changed Philadelphia," 6 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'disused.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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