disuse

Adjective modifier

• long: A long disuse of my native tongue will apologize to the learned reader for any inaccuracies.
• apparent: Apparent disuse and later activity formed brought prehistoric activity to a close.
• gradual: There is no need for a sudden changeover from using it, just a gradual disuse.
• total: These wells have, with few exceptions, sunk into total disuse.
• final: The date of its original excavation and final disuse is not clear.
• prolonged: All, until he came to Alan's chamber, were locked from without, and bore the marks of a prolonged disuse.

Modifies a noun

• atrophy: It will shut off the bad genes because it will not be in use and undergo disuse atrophy!
• weakness: A number of functional etiologies for declining function have been hypothesized including disuse weakness, overuse weakness, weight gain, and chronic weakness.

Noun used with modifier

• muscle: Muscle disuse can also be a contributing factor to the onset of PPS.
• year: After 15 years disuse, passenger services are being reintroduced in stages from 2004.

Preposition: after

reformation: The chancel, like all others in England, fell into disuse after the reformation.

Preposition: before

century: The cemetery had fallen into disuse before the 12th century when some burials were disturbed by four pits containing quantities of metalworking slag.

Preposition: in

century: Probably medieval in origin they fell into disuse in the late 19th century.

Preposition: of

• part: Some, perhaps a great, effect may be attributed to the increased use or disuse of parts.
• cemetery: Backfilling of ditch F288F appears to post-date the disuse of the cemetery, since the ditch in disuse is not cut by burials.

Preposition: by

century: Fair had fallen into disuse by the sixteenth century ( VCH Somerset, iii, pp.