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: not habituated : unaccustomed
unused to crowds
Examples of unused in a Sentence
The library has been unused for 10 years.
I have four days of unused vacation time left.
Recent Examples on the Web
Higgins said the program will only work with cooperation from homeowners who would need to offer up their unused land to renters.
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Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2024
Payouts for unused sick time also would become more lucrative.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2024
That changed in January, when a panel plugging the space reserved for an unused emergency door blew off an Alaska Airlines jetliner 16,000 feet above Oregon.
—David Koenig, Quartz, 22 Mar. 2024
Google’s kitchens now use leftovers to create new dishes, including making Mediterranean chickpea sliders out of unused salad bar items.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2024
Payout of value of unused vacation time Perhaps no California industry was hit harder by the pandemic than the hospitality industry, which temporarily shed hundreds of thousands of jobs.
—Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2024
Four bolts that should have prevented the panel covering an unused door from flying off were apparently missing, the National Transportation Safety Board found in a preliminary report.
—Alicia Diaz, Fortune, 10 Mar. 2024
One of two door plugs on the unused emergency exit door blew out shortly after the plane took off from Portland.
—Robert Legare, CBS News, 9 Mar. 2024
Officials at Brunswick say that the port has been contacted by companies as an interim solution while the Baltimore port is partially blocked, and that the port has unused capacity to process another 200,000 vehicles per year.
—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 28 Mar. 2024
Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2024
Payouts for unused sick time also would become more lucrative.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2024
That changed in January, when a panel plugging the space reserved for an unused emergency door blew off an Alaska Airlines jetliner 16,000 feet above Oregon.
—David Koenig, Quartz, 22 Mar. 2024
Google’s kitchens now use leftovers to create new dishes, including making Mediterranean chickpea sliders out of unused salad bar items.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2024
Payout of value of unused vacation time Perhaps no California industry was hit harder by the pandemic than the hospitality industry, which temporarily shed hundreds of thousands of jobs.
—Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Mar. 2024
Four bolts that should have prevented the panel covering an unused door from flying off were apparently missing, the National Transportation Safety Board found in a preliminary report.
—Alicia Diaz, Fortune, 10 Mar. 2024
One of two door plugs on the unused emergency exit door blew out shortly after the plane took off from Portland.
—Robert Legare, CBS News, 9 Mar. 2024
Officials at Brunswick say that the port has been contacted by companies as an interim solution while the Baltimore port is partially blocked, and that the port has unused capacity to process another 200,000 vehicles per year.
—Camila Domonoske, NPR, 28 Mar. 2024
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“Unused.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unused. Accessed 25 Apr. 2024.
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