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# disused

adjective

«disused» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. No longer used, especially a building, railway or mine: a disused factory. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disused/#m1)
2. Left empty and forgotten. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disused/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories, disused railways, mines and buildings are mysterious or dangerous places; in safety lessons children are told to keep out of disused quarries, wells and buildings. Phrases: «a disused railway line», «a disused mine», «a disused warehouse».

### Examples

- We walked along the disused railway line, now a bike path. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disused/#x1)
- Never play in a disused quarry; the water is very cold and deep. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disused/#x2)
- The disused factory had broken windows. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disused/#x3)
- Bats lived in the disused mine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disused/#x4)
- They turned the disused church into a library. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disused/#x5)
- The old well was disused and covered with a lid. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disused/#x6)

### Note

Say «dis-YOOZD». Not the same as «unused» (never used yet: an unused notebook) or «misused» (used wrongly). Disused things were used once but are not now.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «disused» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/disused/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«disused» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/disused.html) on Mova free.