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Definitions for Nonuse

[1] to employ for some purpose; put into service; make use of: to use a knife.
[2] to avail oneself of; apply to one's own purposes: to use the facilities.
[3] to expend or consume in use: We have used the money provided.
[4] to treat or behave toward: He did not use his employees with much consideration.
[5] to take unfair advantage of; exploit: to use people to gain one's own ends.
[6] to drink, smoke, or ingest habitually: to use drugs.
[7] to habituate or accustom.
[8] Archaic . to practice habitually or customarily; make a practice of.
[9] to be accustomed or customarily found (used with an infinitive expressed or understood, and, except in archaic use, now only in the past): He used to go every day.
[10] Archaic . to resort, stay, or dwell customarily.
[11] the act of employing, using, or putting into service: the use of tools.
[12] the state of being employed or used.
[13] an instance or way of employing or using something: proper use of the tool; the painter's use of color.
[14] a way of being employed or used; a purpose for which something is used: He was of temporary use. The instrument has different uses.
[15] the power, right, or privilege of employing or using something: to lose the use of the right eye; to be denied the use of a library card.
[16] service or advantage in or for being employed or used; utility or usefulness: of no practical use.
[17] help; profit; resulting good: What's the use of pursuing the matter?
[18] occasion or need, as for something to be employed or used: Would you have any use for another calendar?
[19] continued, habitual, or customary employment or practice; custom: to follow the prevailing use of such occasions.
[20] Law . the enjoyment of property, as by the employment, occupation, or exercise of it. the benefit or profit of lands and tenements in the possession of another who simply holds them for the beneficiary. the equitable ownership of land to which the legal title is in another's name.
[21] Liturgy . the distinctive form of ritual or of any liturgical observance used in a particular church, diocese, community, etc.
[22] usual or customary experience.
[23] use up , to consume entirely. to exhaust of vigor or usefulness; finish: By the end of the war he felt used up and sick of life.
[24] have no use for , to have no occasion or need for: She appears to have no use for the city. to refuse to tolerate; discount: He had no use for his brother. to have a distaste for; dislike: He has no use for dictators.
[25] make use of , to use for one's own purposes; employ: Charitable organizations will make use of your old furniture and clothing.
[26] of no use , of no advantage or help: It's of no use to look for that missing earring. It's no use asking her to go. Also no use.
[27] put to use , to apply; employ to advantage: What a shame that no one has put that old deserted mansion to use!
[28] to put into service or action; employ for a given purpose to use a spoon to stir with
[29] to make a practice or habit of employing; exercise he uses his brain
[30] to behave towards to use a friend well
[31] to behave towards in a particular way for one's own ends he uses people
[32] to consume, expend, or exhaust the engine uses very little oil
[33] mainly US and Canadian to partake of (alcoholic drink, drugs, etc) or smoke (tobacco, marijuana, etc)
[34] the act of using or the state of being used the carpet wore out through constant use
[35] the ability, right, or permission to use
[36] the occasion to use; need I have no use for this paper
[37] an instance or manner of using
[38] usefulness; advantage it is of no use to complain
[39] custom; practice; habit long use has inured him to it
[40] the purpose for which something is used; end
[41] Christianity a distinctive form of liturgical or ritual observance, esp one that is traditional in a Church or group of Churches
[42] the enjoyment of property, land, etc, by occupation or by deriving revenue or other benefit from it
[43] law the beneficial enjoyment of property the legal title to which is held by another person as trustee
[44] law an archaic word for trust (def. 7)
[45] philosophy logic linguistics the occurrence of an expression in such a context that it performs its own linguistic function rather than being itself referred to. In " Fido " refers to Fido, the name Fido is 'used' only on the second occurrence, first being mentioned Compare mention (def. 7) See also material mode
[46] have no use for to have no need of to have a contemptuous dislike for
[47] make use of to employ; use to exploit (a person)

Words related to Nonuse

usedesuetude, abandonment, neglect, disuse

Words nearby Nonuse

useusbek, uscg, uscrc, usda, usdaw, use, use immunity, use one's head, use tax, use up, use-by date

Origin of Nonuse

use1175–1225; (v.) Middle English usen < Old French user < Latin ūsus, past participle of ūtī to use; (noun) Middle English < Old French < Latin ūsus act of using a thing, application, employment, equivalent to ūt-, stem of ūtī to use + -tus suffix of v. action, with tt > s

Words that may be confused with Nonuse

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Other words from Nonuse

mul·ti·use , adjective
non·use , noun
non·us·ing , adjective
re·use , verb, re·used, re·us·ing, noun
un·der·use , verb (used with object), un·der·used, un·der·us·ing, noun

Word origin for Nonuse

useC13: from Old French user to use, from Latin ūsus having used, from ūtī to use

Synonyms for Nonuse

abandonment, desuetude, disuse, neglect, obsoletism