disused

/ dɪsˈjuːzd /

adjective

1. no longer used

   a disused mine

Example Sentences

The path is a disused railway line which has been converted to a popular walking and cycling route and is bound on either side by bushes and trees.

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"We are looking at a range of more sustainable, cost-effective and locally led sites including disused accommodation, industrial and ex-military sites, so we can reduce the impact on communities and taxpayers," a spokesperson said.

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Khalusha was the prime suspect in the murder of more than 40 women whose mutilated bodies were discovered in a disused quarry that became a dumpsite in the capital, Nairobi.

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My Story - From Swansea to Stacey And Everything In Between in a disused pub car park, outside a cricket club in the middle of the night and in a car outside her house.

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Police and locals conducted extensive searches in the surrounding countryside – with potholers descending into some of the disused mineshafts with which the area is dotted.

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Related Words

• antiquated 
• archaic 
• out-of-date 
• outmoded