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: not habituated : unaccustomed
unused to crowds
Examples of unused in a Sentence
The library has been unused for 10 years.
I have four days of unused vacation time left.
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But last week, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill that pulled back $2.1 billion of that money, which was expected to go unused.
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Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 7 July 2025
Relics like these dot the country from California to Pennsylvania: unused, unplugged oil and gas wells.
—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 7 July 2025
Health inspectors shut down the international grocery store after finding a total of 13 German cockroaches, including 10 live cockroaches in an unused meat bandsaw.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
july 4, Sacbee.com, 4 July 2025
Its Northview Housing Development in North Nashville, Tenn. will be a senior workforce housing community built on an unused land parcel on the Born Again Church campus.
—Jeffrey Steele, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
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Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 7 July 2025
Relics like these dot the country from California to Pennsylvania: unused, unplugged oil and gas wells.
—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 7 July 2025
Health inspectors shut down the international grocery store after finding a total of 13 German cockroaches, including 10 live cockroaches in an unused meat bandsaw.
—Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
july 4, Sacbee.com, 4 July 2025
Its Northview Housing Development in North Nashville, Tenn. will be a senior workforce housing community built on an unused land parcel on the Born Again Church campus.
—Jeffrey Steele, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for unused
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“Unused.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unused. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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