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little-used

little-used adjective: not used much, or as much as another or others; lightly used.

Adjective

little-used

  1. Not used much, or as much as another or others; lightly used.
    • In addition, over 350 little-used stations were closed, and reductions were made in unprofitable train services.1959 August, “Re-Appraisal of the Modernisation of British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 520
    • Mr. Hoyle, who does not believe many multiple-unit diesel services on secondary routes will resist for ever the road transport challenge, would forgo passenger traffic altogether on a little-used route in order to improve the quality of the freight working and reduce its costs by equating the...1960 February, “Talking of Trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 67
    Antonyms:
    oft-used, well-used

little-used meaning in Persian

little-used in Persian

Translations
قلیلالاستعمال qalil-ol-este'mâl

Antonyms of little-used

Forms of little-used

alternative formlittle used

Questions about little-used

What does little-used mean?
Little-used means not used much, or as much as another or others; lightly used.
What is little-used in Persian?
Little-used in Persian is قلیلالاستعمال (qalil-ol-este'mâl). See Little-used meaning in Persian.
What part of speech is little-used?
Little-used is an adjective.

Words near little-used in the dictionary

  1. Little-Master cup
  2. Little-Master cups
  3. little-mindedness
  4. Little-Parks effect
  5. Little-Parks effects
  6. little-used
  7. LittleBigPlaneteer
  8. LittleBigPlaneteers
  9. Littleborough
  10. Littlebury
  11. Littledale

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