- the state of something that has been unused and neglected
"the house was in a terrible state of neglect"

1. To cease to use; to discontinue the practice of.

2. To disaccustom; -- with to or from; as, disused to toil. "Disuse me from . . . pain." Donne.

1. Cessation of use, practice, or exercise; inusitation; desuetude; as, the limbs lose their strength by disuse.

"The disuse of the tongue in the only . . . remedy." -- Addison.

"Church discipline then fell into disuse." -- Southey.