Word Study
unused
CIDE DICTIONARY
unused, a.
- Not used; as, an unused book; an unused apartment. [1913 Webster]
- Not habituated; unaccustomed. [1913 Webster]"Unused to bend, impatient of control." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
unused, adj.
1 a not in use. b never having been used.
2 (foll. by to) not accustomed.
1 a not in use. b never having been used.
2 (foll. by to) not accustomed.
THESAURUS
unused
a stranger to, abandoned, as a bonus, callow, derelict, dewy, disaccustomed, disused, ever-new, evergreen, extra, firsthand, fledgling, for lagniappe, fresh, given up, green, held back, held in reserve, held out, idle, ignorant, immature, in abeyance, in hand, inexperienced, intact, left, leftover, maiden, maidenly, mint, neglected, neoteric, nestling, net, new, new to, odd, original, outstanding, over, over and above, overplus, pristine, put aside, put by, raw, remaining, remanent, reserve, rusty, saved, sempervirent, spare, stored, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus, surviving, suspended, to spare, unaccustomed, unaccustomed to, unacquainted with, unapplied, unbeaten, unconsumed, unconversant with, undeveloped, unemployed, unexercised, unexpended, unfamiliar with, unfledged, unhabituated, unhandled, unhardened, uninitiated in, uninured, unpracticed, unseasoned, unspent, untapped, untouched, untrained, untried, untrodden, unused to, unutilized, unwonted, vernal, virgin, virginal, waived, weaned, youngROGET THESAURUS
unused
Desuetude
N desuetude, disusage, obsolescence, disuse, want of habit, want of practice, inusitation, newness to, new brooms, infraction of usage, nonprevalence, a custom more honored in the breach than the obser, unaccustomed, unused, unwonted, unseasoned, uninured, unhabituated, untrained, new, green, unhackneyed, unusual, nonobservant, disused.Unskillfulness
N unskillfulness, want of skill, incompetence, incompentency, inability, infelicity, indexterity, inexperience, disqualification, unproficiency, quackery, folly, stupidity indiscretion, thoughtlessness, sabotage, mismanagement, misconduct, impolicy, maladministration, misrule, misgovernment, misapplication, misdirection, misfeasance, petticoat government, absence of rule, rule of thumb, bungling, failure, screw loose: too many cooks, blunder, etourderie gaucherie, act of folly, balourdise, botch, botchery, bad job, sad work, sprat sent out to catch a whale, much ado about nothing, wild- goose chase, bungler, fool, unskillful, inexpert, bungling, awkward, clumsy, unhandy, lubberly, gauche, maladroit, left-handed, heavy-handed, slovenly, slatternly, gawky, adrift, at fault, inapt, unapt, inhabile, untractable, unteachable, giddy, inconsiderate, stupid inactive, incompetent, unqualified, disqualified, ill-qualified, unfit, quackish, raw, green, inexperienced, rusty, out of practice, unaccustomed, unused, untrained &c, uninitiated, unconversant, shiftless, unstatesmanlike, unadvised, ill-advised, misadvised, ill-devised, ill-imagined, ill-judged, ill-contrived, ill-conducted, unguided, misguided, misconducted, foolish, wild, infelicitous, penny wise and pound foolish, one's fingers being all thumbs, the right hand forgets its cunning, il se noyerait dans une goutte d'eau, incidit in Scyllam qui vult vitare Charybdim, out of the frying pan into the fire, non omnia possumus omnes.For further exploring for "unused" in Webster Dictionary Online