What does unused mean?
Definitions for unused
ʌnˈyuzd for 1,2 ; ʌnˈyust for 3un·used
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Princeton's WordNet
fresh, unusedadjective
not yet used or soiled
"a fresh shirt"; "a fresh sheet of paper"; "an unused envelope"
unusedadjective
not yet put into use
"we bought an unused car for a change"
idle, unusedadjective
not in active use
"the machinery sat idle during the strike"; "idle hands"
unusedadjective
infrequently exposed to
"feet unused to shoes"
Wiktionary
unusedadjective
not used
I have two unused vouchers for a free meal.
unusedadjective
not accustomed
I am unused to the dark nights of the countryside.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Unusedadjective
She, whose husband about that time died, forgetting the absent Plangus, or, at least, not hoping of him to attain so aspiring a purpose, left no art unused, which might keep the line from breaking, whereat the fish was already taken. Philip Sidney.
Sure he that made us with such large discourse,
Looking before and after, gave us not
That capability and godlike reason,
To rust in us unus’d. William Shakespeare, Hamlet.He, unused to such entertainment, did shortly and plainly answer what he was. Philip Sidney, b. ii.
One, whose eyes,
Albeit unused to the melting mood,
Dropt tears as fast as the Arabian trees
Their medicinal gum. William Shakespeare, Othello.What art thou?
Not from above: no, thy wan looks betray
Diminish’d light, and eyes unus’d to day. Dryden.
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unused
Unused refers to something that has not been used, employed, or put into action before. It could be an item or equipment, or even an abstract concept like potential or skills, that has not yet been utilized or taken advantage of.
Webster Dictionary
Unusedadjective
not used; as, an unused book; an unused apartment
Unusedadjective
not habituated; unaccustomed
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Unused
un-ūzd′, adj. not used, not accustomed.—ns. Unū′sage (obs.); Unused′ness.—adj. Unuse′ful, useless.—adv. Unuse′fully.—n. Unuse′fulness.
Anagrams for unused »
unsued
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of unused in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of unused in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of unused in a Sentence
If you're cooking at home, there's still a lot of unused food scraps. composting is worth doing -- it works on many levels.
Amazon packages, UPS boxes, unused Covid tests, fishing lures, epi pens.
Go often to the house of thy friend for weeds soon choke up the unused path.
It’s clear that the status quo isn’t working. WMD designation would allow the federal government to activate unused and under-used resources to stop illicit fentanyl before it ever reaches our border, [FAF] encourages the Biden Administration to take this decisive and necessary action, giving illicit fentanyl the WMD designation it deserves.
There’s a tremendous cost to this, it means you have an extra vaccine that could be used to protect people that is going unused and more people will be at risk.
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