unused

[uhn-yoozd, uhn-yoost]

adjective

1. not used; use; not put to use.

   an unused room.

2. never having been used: use.

   an unused postage stamp.

3. not accustomed.

   unused to cold winters.

unused

adjective

1. not being or never having been made use of

2. not accustomed or used (to something)

Word History and Origins

Origin of unused¹

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; un- ¹, used

Example Sentences

Girmay fretted that the worlds course, with its nearly 18,000 feet of climbing, was too much—that African riders, especially ones unused to Kigali’s mile-high altitude, would have trouble finishing.

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This could include asking pupils to hand devices in upon arrival, storing phones securely, asking they be kept out of sight or unused, or banning them entirely.

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But what now for Wood, who was an unused substitute?

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But with more than a third of the 19 retail properties currently vacant, £50,000 is spent on bills due to empty shops and unused flats above them.

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The program, rebranded as cap-and-invest, limits greenhouse gas emissions and raises billions for the state’s climate priorities by allowing large polluters to buy and sell their unused emission allowances at quarterly auctions.

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Related Words

• idle 
• untapped 
• vacant