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unused

[ uhn-yoozd uhn-yoost ]

adjective

  1. not used; use; not put to use:

    an unused room.

  2. never having been used: use:

    an unused postage stamp.

  3. not accustomed:

    unused to cold winters.



unused

adjective

  1. ʌˈː not being or never having been made use of
  2. ʌˈː postpositivefoll byto not accustomed or used (to something)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of unused1

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; un- 1, used
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Calderon’s AB 942 would sharply reduce the financial credits that the owners of rooftop panels receive when they send unused power to the grid.

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The plot on the industrial estate is still made up of redundant, unused, offices.

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She says the credits that rooftop owners receive when they send unused electricity to the grid is raising the bills of customers who don’t own the panels.

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The Serb, who was an unused substitute for Lyon, had been responding to comments by Onana who said his side are "way better" than their French opponents.

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But in recent weeks, speculation about the origin of the fire has shifted to a third idle transmission tower that had been unused for more than five decades.

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