Disuse — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the state of something that has been unused and neglected

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ˈɛbənˌaɪz/

🇬🇧British English

/dɪsjˈuːs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dɪsjˈuːs/

2 syllables Say it as /ˈɛbənˌaɪz/.

Examples

the house was in a terrible state of neglect

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

neglect

Parts of Speech

noun	the state of something that has been unused and neglected “the house was in a terrible state of neglect”

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Nichtgebrauch

der Zustand von etwas, das ungenutzt und vernachlässigt wurde

🇫🇷French

désuétude

l'état de quelque chose qui a été inutilisé et négligé

🇪🇸Spanish

desuso

el estado de algo que ha sido utilizado y descuidado

🇮🇹Italian

disuso

lo stato di qualcosa che è stato inutilizzato e trascurato

🇳🇱Dutch

onbruik

de staat van iets dat ongebruikt en verwaarloosd is

🇵🇹Portuguese

desuso

o estado de algo que não foi utilizado e foi negligenciado

🇷🇺Russian

неиспользование

состояние чего-то, что не использовалось и которым пренебрегали

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अप्रचार

किसी ऐसी चीज़ की अवस्था जिसका उपयोग न किया गया हो और उपेक्षित किया गया हो

🇧🇩Bengali

অপব্যবহার

এমন কিছুর অবস্থা যা অব্যবহৃত এবং অবহেলিত হয়েছে

🇮🇳Tamil

பயன்படுத்தாமல்

பயன்படுத்தப்படாத மற்றும் புறக்கணிக்கப்பட்ட ஒன்றின் நிலை

🇮🇳Telugu

ఉపయోగించని

ఉపయోగించని మరియు నిర్లక్ష్యం చేయబడిన ఏదో స్థితి

🇮🇳Marathi

गैरवापर

न वापरलेल्या आणि दुर्लक्षित केलेल्या एखाद्या गोष्टीची स्थिती

🇮🇳Gujarati

દુરુપયોગ

બિનઉપયોગી અને અવગણના કરાયેલી કોઈ વસ્તુની સ્થિતિ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಬಳಕೆಯಲ್ಲಿಲ್ಲ

ಬಳಕೆಯಾಗದ ಮತ್ತು ನಿರ್ಲಕ್ಷಿಸಲಾದ ಯಾವುದೋ ಸ್ಥಿತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ഉപയോഗിക്കാതിരിക്കുക

ഉപയോഗിക്കാത്തതും അവഗണിക്കപ്പെട്ടതുമായ ഒന്നിൻ്റെ അവസ്ഥ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਦੁਰਵਰਤੋਂ

ਕਿਸੇ ਚੀਜ਼ ਦੀ ਸਥਿਤੀ ਜੋ ਅਣਵਰਤੀ ਅਤੇ ਅਣਗੌਲਿਆ ਕੀਤੀ ਗਈ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

غلط استعمال

کسی چیز کی حالت جو غیر استعمال شدہ اور نظرانداز کردی گئی ہے۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

废弃

未使用和被忽视的事物的状态

🇯🇵Japanese

不使用にする

未使用で放置されていたものの状態

🇰🇷Korean

쓰지 않음

사용되지 않고 방치된 것의 상태

🇻🇳Vietnamese

không sử dụng

trạng thái của một cái gì đó đã không được sử dụng và bị bỏ quên

🇹🇭Thai

เลิกใช้

สถานะของสิ่งที่ไม่ได้ใช้และละเลย

🇮🇩Indonesian

tidak digunakan

keadaan sesuatu yang telah tidak digunakan dan diabaikan

🇵🇭Filipino

hindi gamitin

ang estado ng isang bagay na hindi nagamit at napabayaan

🇲🇾Malay

tidak digunakan

keadaan sesuatu yang telah tidak digunakan dan diabaikan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

إهمال

حالة الشيء الذي لم يتم استخدامه وإهماله

🇮🇷Persian

استفاده نکردن

حالت چیزی که استفاده نشده و نادیده گرفته شده است

🇹🇷Turkish

kullanmama

kullanılmayan ve ihmal edilmiş bir şeyin durumu

🇮🇱Hebrew

אִי שִׁמוּשׁ

מצבו של משהו שלא נעשה בו שימוש והוזנח

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