disused
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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She became the only prisoner locked up in Dhaka's old - and now disused - central jail.
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Mr Baldwin was captured alone in the village of Estry on 8 August that year, after taking cover from German fire in a disused house and being stunned by a nearby explosion.
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Water in disused mines, which maintains a relatively stable temperature, is beginning to supply larger heat pumps here, for example.
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For decades, very little was known about the locations and conditions of Wales' disused coal tips.
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The government announced plans in October for the asylum seekers to be housed in a now disused army training camp on the outskirts of Crowborough.
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