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Laughter relieves us of superfluous energy, which, if it remained unused, might become negative, that is, poison. Laughter is the antidote.
George Gurdjieff

Meaning of "unused" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNUSED

unused  [ʌnˈjuːzd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNUSED

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unused is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UNUSED MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of unused in the English dictionary

The definition of unused in the dictionary is . not being or never having been made use of. Other definition of unused is foll by to not accustomed or used.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNUSED


accused
əˈkjuːzd
amused
əˈmjuːzd
bemused
bɪˈmjuːzd
boozed
buːzd
bruised
bruːzd
confused
kənˈfjuːzd
disused
dɪsˈjuːzd
enthused
ɪnˈθjuːzd
fused
fjuːzd
overused
ˌəʊvəˈjuːzd
perfused
pəˈfjuːzd
pertused
pəˈtjuːzd
unabused
ˌʌnəˈbjuːzd
unaccused
ˌʌnəˈkjuːzd
unamused
ˌʌnəˈmjuːzd
unbemused
ˌʌnbɪˈmjuːzd
underused
ˌʌndəˈjuːzd
unexcused
ˌʌnɪkˈskjuːzd
unfused
ʌnˈfjuːzd
used
juːzd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNUSED

ununbium
ununited
unununium
unuplifted
unurged
unusable
unusably
unuseful
unusefully
unusefulness
unushered
unusual
unusually
unusualness
unutilised
unutilized
unutterable
unutterableness
unutterably
unuttered

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNUSED

aroused
be excused
burnoused
calloused
focused
fucused
gallused
half-used
hothoused
nimbused
soused
the accused
unaroused
uncalloused
uncaused
unfocused
unroused
well-used

Synonyms and antonyms of unused in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «UNUSED»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «unused» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of unused

Translation of «unused» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNUSED

Find out the translation of unused to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of unused from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unused» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

未用过的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sin usar
570 millions of speakers

English

unused
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अप्रयुक्त
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غير المستخدمة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

не используется
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

desocupado
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অব্যবহৃত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

inutilisé
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Tidak digunakan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unbenutzt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

使用しない
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

사용하지 않은
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ora dienggo
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

không sử dụng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பயன்படுத்தப்படாத
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

न वापरलेले
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kullanılmamış
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

non utilizzato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

nieużywana
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Не використовується
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

nefolosit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αχρησιμοποίητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ongebruikte
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

oanvänd
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ubrukt
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unused

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNUSED»

The term «unused» is very widely used and occupies the 9.100 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNUSED» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «unused» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «unused» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unused

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6 QUOTES WITH «UNUSED»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word unused.
1
Bobby Bowden
Don't go to the grave with life unused.
2
George Gurdjieff
Laughter relieves us of superfluous energy, which, if it remained unused, might become negative, that is, poison. Laughter is the antidote.
3
Michael Heizer
I think size is the most unused quotient in the sculptor's repertoire because it requires lots of commitment and time. To me it's the best tool. With size you get space and atmosphere: atmosphere becomes volume. You stand in the shape, in the zone.
4
Thomas Mann
A solitary, unused to speaking of what he sees and feels, has mental experiences which are at once more intense and less articulate than those of a gregarious man.
5
Mencius
A trail through the mountains, if used, becomes a path in a short time, but, if unused, becomes blocked by grass in an equally short time.
6
Alexandra Stoddard
Unused rooms are such bad feng shui, really bad energy.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNUSED»

Discover the use of unused in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unused and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
An Unused Intelligence: Physical Thinking for 21st Century ...
Reengineering is out!
Andy Bryner, Dawna Markova, 1996
2
Unused Alibis Creative Personalities
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Philip Henry Hotz, 2011
3
Cost & Effect: Using Integrated Cost Systems to Drive ...
When activity cost driver rates are based on practical capacity, the cost of unused capacity is not assigned down to individual products or customers.12 But the cost of unused capacity should not be ignored; it remains someone's or some ...
Robert S. Kaplan, 1998
4
The Unused Prom Dress
The Unused Prom Dress By Earl Staggs Copyright 2013 by Earl Staggs Cover Copyright 2013 by Dara England and Untreed Reads Publishing The author is hereby established as the sole holder of the copyright. Either the publisher ( Untreed ...
Earl Staggs, 2013
5
DOD travel cards control weaknesses led to millions of ...
As shown in table 5, airline data showed that DOD used centrally billed accounts to purchase about 58,000 tickets with a value of $21.1 million that were unused and not refunded. The $21.1 million included more than 48,000 tickets valued at  ...
United States
6
The Philatelic Gazette
This collection of the early types of New Zealand, we understand, will be seen at the New York Exhibition. Plate 1. 1 d. red; wmk. star; white paper; imperf.; used; S. G. No. 1. 6 d. brown; no wmk., hard paper; imperf.; unused; S. G. No. 11.
‎1913
7
Boston Stamp Book
1847, 5c, unused, o. g., 4.50 " 10c, unused, white p., 10.50 " 10c, unused, 4.75 1851, 3c, unused block of eight, o. g., 11.20 1851, 5o, used on part of cover, 11.05 1851, 5c, used, 10.50 " 5c, ffi on original 10.60 " 5c, used, 10.50 " 5c, pair, used ...
John Luther Kilbon, 1897
8
Cornerstones of Cost Accounting
The activity rate is used to calculate the cost of resource usage and the cost of unused activity. The relationship between resources supplied and resources used is expressed by either of the following two equations: Activity availability 1⁄4  ...
Don Hansen, Maryanne Mowen, 2010
9
Mekeel's Stamp Collector
1c orange. used M 50 $1 00 “ 1c " unused... 3 50 l 50 " 2c " unused.... 1 00 50 " 10c " used 6 00 l 75 " 10c " unused... 6 00 2 90 " 15c " used 3 50 l 40 " 30c " used 4 $0 1 50 " 30c " unused... 5 00 Z 35 EXECUTIVE .... .. lc carmine (specimen) 70 ...
‎1901
10
The London Philatelist
The summary of the specimens in the collection is :— Unused. Used. Plate I. 9 50 Plate 1., retouched 2 32 Plate II. 6 61 Plate III. . . 4 46 Plate 111., ist retouch . . IO 42 Plate 111., 2nd retouch 7 it 38 275 It will be seen that the proportion of ...
‎1904

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNUSED»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unused is used in the context of the following news items.
1
India's 'Medicine Baba' gets unused prescription drugs from rich to …
The chatty, 79-year-old retired blood-bank technician has been collecting unused prescription drugs from the affluent for the past eight years, and distributing ... «Toronto Star, Jul 15»
2
Spain's unused, billion-euro Don Quixote airport is about to be sold …
In 2006, amid a construction boom in Spain, a tiny town with a population a little over 75,000 people an hour outside Madrid built an airport for €1 billion ($1.1 ... «Quartz, Jul 15»
3
Republic Wireless Plan Will Refund You for Unused Data
Paying for something you don't use is always annoying, whether it's food that spoils in the fridge or phone data that doesn't roll over. Republic Wireless wants to ... «PC Magazine, Jul 15»
4
Delhi High Court allows Xiaomi to send back over one lakh unused
The court directed Xiaomi to maintain an inventory of the handsets, currently lying unused with e-commerce site Flipkart through which the Chinese company ... «Economic Times, Jun 15»
5
There's now a wireless carrier that will pay you for your unused data
While T-Mobile and AT&T have both recently introduced wireless data plans that will allow users to rollover any unused data to the next billing period, that data ... «BGR, Apr 15»
6
New Mexico auditor finds $4.5 billion in unused funds
Medicaid and a state job-training program also harbor unused funds. In all, the unused funding is spread across 737 state agencies. The report takes note that it ... «KGBT-TV, Mar 15»
7
Family turns to Facebook to find home for unused embryos
Kelly Wallace is CNN's digital correspondent and editor-at-large covering family, career and life. Read her other columns on digital life and follow her reports at ... «CNN, Jan 15»
8
AT&T to let unused data roll over to next month
LAS VEGAS — AT&T and T-Mobile are going at it—again. This time it's over plans that let customers roll over high-speed data from month to month. «USA TODAY, Jan 15»
9
T-Mobile Allows Subscribers to Hold on to Unused Mobile Data
T-Mobile USA, the fourth largest wireless carrier in the United States, said on Tuesday that it would allow customers to roll their unused mobile Internet data into ... «New York Times, Dec 14»
10
Nearly 2000 unused computers disappear at Dept. of Education
NEW YORK (PIX11) — Thousands of computers paid for by taxpayers that public school students were supposed to be using were lost, went missing, or were ... «New York's PIX11 / WPIX-TV, Dec 14»

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