disused
adjective
dis·used
(ˌ)dis-ˈyüzd 
dish-
: no longer used or occupied : abandoned
disused buildings
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Examples of disused in a Sentence
a disused warehouse that had become a den for drug dealers
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McQueen spends half an hour dispassionately showing us the grimness of HMP Maze, a Troubles-era warehouse for enemies of the British state on a disused airfield.
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Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2024
In his first five night-shift stints as watchman at a disused ’80s amusement park/arcade mall — Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza Place — Mike stares glaze-eyed at security monitors, then drifts into violent 3-D incidents, His circumstance incarnates the hell that Morrissey sings about.
—Armond White, National Review, 1 Nov. 2023
Rosetta is brutally assaulted inside a disused church, while her mother, fending off her own attackers, somehow manages to escape.
—Lawrence Jackson, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
The men were taken for interrogation to a filtration camp in a disused factory, where their commander was beaten within earshot of the whole unit.
—Carlotta Gall Daniel Berehulak, New York Times, 20 June 2023
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Indiewire Staff, IndieWire, 12 Aug. 2024
In his first five night-shift stints as watchman at a disused ’80s amusement park/arcade mall — Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza Place — Mike stares glaze-eyed at security monitors, then drifts into violent 3-D incidents, His circumstance incarnates the hell that Morrissey sings about.
—Armond White, National Review, 1 Nov. 2023
Rosetta is brutally assaulted inside a disused church, while her mother, fending off her own attackers, somehow manages to escape.
—Lawrence Jackson, Harper's Magazine, 10 July 2023
The men were taken for interrogation to a filtration camp in a disused factory, where their commander was beaten within earshot of the whole unit.
—Carlotta Gall Daniel Berehulak, New York Times, 20 June 2023
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“Disused.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/disused. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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disused
adjective
dis·used
-ˈyüzd
: no longer used or occupied
disused buildings
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