as in deserted
left unoccupied or unused
a disused warehouse that had become a den for drug dealers
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Even in her final year of life -- 1997 -- Diana risked everything to walk through a field of disused but active land mines in Angola where thousands risked their lives every day because stepping in the wrong place could mean losing their life or, at best, their limbs.
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Max Foster, CNN, 11 Nov. 2021
Istria is by hiking or cycling the Parenzana Trail, which follows the winding route of a disused railway line for about 80 miles.
—Mary Novakovich, CNN, 23 Jan. 2023
And in a closet in his disused private office at the Penn Biden Center in Washington.
—Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, 12 Jan. 2023
Juneau, like most of Alaska’s towns and cities, is experiencing a severe housing shortage, and the city’s downtown has a large number of commercial buildings with disused upper-floor apartments.
—James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Dec. 2022
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Max Foster, CNN, 11 Nov. 2021
Istria is by hiking or cycling the Parenzana Trail, which follows the winding route of a disused railway line for about 80 miles.
—Mary Novakovich, CNN, 23 Jan. 2023
And in a closet in his disused private office at the Penn Biden Center in Washington.
—Kimberley A. Strassel, WSJ, 12 Jan. 2023
Juneau, like most of Alaska’s towns and cities, is experiencing a severe housing shortage, and the city’s downtown has a large number of commercial buildings with disused upper-floor apartments.
—James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Dec. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disused
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A day later his car was found abandoned but undamaged in a parking lot near Congaree National Park about 20 miles southeast of Columbia.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
3 Jan. 2025
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According to the nonprofit, Kristin Davis found the abandoned and weak elephant calf while on a trip near Kenya's Chyulu Hills.—
Kelli Bender,
People.com,
15 Oct. 2024
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The club left behind a wealth of memories along with a site that then lay derelict for two years, with travellers setting up home in the car park.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
The Athletic,
12 Aug. 2024
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The association has raised concerns about pollution from boats that illegally dump their waste into the bay, about the damage their anchors cause to seagrass and about the cost of dealing with derelict vessels abandoned by their owners.—
Greg Allen,
NPR,
3 Sep. 2024
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The Code Blue took effect Sunday night — before a body was pulled from a burning and vacant home on North Avenue.—
Lorraine Mirabella,
Baltimore Sun,
25 Jan. 2025
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Demolition so far is confined to smaller buildings at the northeast corner of the property, but will swing to the west to take in the residential buildings of the vacant Howe Developmental Center, part of the 280-acre property northwest of 183rd Street and Harlem Avenue.—
Mike Nolan,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Jan. 2025
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For the scenes that take place in the Human World, the crew is going to shoot in a desolate part of Iceland.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
27 Jan. 2025
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What's more, the plane was completely encircled by massive screens that projected high-resolution videos of desolate Alaskan wilderness.—
Marco della Cava,
USA TODAY,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Disused.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disused. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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