DISUSE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The state of something that has been unused and neglected

Example:

the house was in a terrible state of neglect

Synonyms:

disuse; neglect

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("disuse" is a kind of...):

declination; decline (a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "disuse"):

omission (something that has been omitted)