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disutilized

disutilized is the simple past and past participle of disutilize.

Meaning of disutilize

Verb

disutilize (third-person singular simple present disutilizes, present participle disutilizing, simple past and past participle disutilized)

  1. (transitive) To deprive of utility; to render useless.
    • Death's black dust, being blown,
      Infiltrated through every secret fold
      Of this sealed letter by a puff of fate,
      Dried up forever the fresh-written ink,
      Annulled the gift, disutilized the grace,
      And left these fragments.1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh

Questions about disutilized

What is disutilized the simple past and past participle of?
Disutilized is the simple past and past participle of disutilize.

Words near disutilized in the dictionary

  1. disuses
  2. disusing
  3. disutilities
  4. disutility
  5. disutilize
  6. disutilized
  7. disutilizes
  8. disutilizing
  9. disvaluable
  10. disvaluation
  11. disvaluations

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