disuse (dis us)

[ It is curious to see the periodical disuse and perishing of means and machinery which were introduced with loud laudation a few years or centuries before. Emerson , Self-reliance. 2. Ce ation of custom or observance; desuetude. Southey. Church discipline then fell into disuse. disused (dis-ūzd'), p. a. 1. No longer used; abandoned; obsolete: as, disused words. IMG:content-2908.png:[merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors] For the abstract notion, the opposite or negative of utility, we may invent the term disutility , which will mean something different from inutility, or the absence of utilJevons, Pol. Econ., iii. dis utilize (dis-ū'til-iz), v. t.; pret. and pp. dis utilized , ppr. dis utilizing . [ dis- priv. + util ize.] To divert from a useful purpose; render usele . Annulled the gift, dis utilized the grace. Browning .