unused
Syllables: un·used/ʌnˈjuːzd/US/ʌnˈjuzd/
unused adjective: not used.
Adjective
unused (comparative more unused, superlative most unused)
- Not used.
- I have two unused vouchers for a free meal.
- If you have an unused credit for a year for which you also have additional tax liability because of an early disposal of an asset, you may reduce the added tax liability by the current year's unused credit that may be carried back solely because of recomputation of the investment credit for the...1972 October, “Losses from Operating a Farm”, in Farmer's Tax Guide: Income and Self Employment Tax (Internal Revenue Service; publication 225), Washington, D.C.: Internal Revenue Service, Department...
- Antonyms:
- used, old, preloved, pre-owned, secondhand
- Not accustomed (to), unfamiliar with.
- I am unused to the dark nights of the countryside.
- I pray you in your Letters, / When you ſhall theſe vnluckie deeds relate, / Speake of me, as I am. […] / Of one, whoſe ſubdu'd Eyes, / Albeit un-vsed to the melting moode, / Drops teares as faſt as the Arabian Trees / Their Medicinable gumme.1603, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies, London...
- Synonyms:
- unacquainted, unfamiliar with
- Antonyms:
- acquainted, familiar
unused meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
unused in Hindi
- अप्रयुक्त
unused in Tamil
- பயன்படுத்தப்படாதது, பயன்படுத்தப்படாத
unused in Marathi
- न वापरलेली, न वापरलेले, न वापरलेला
unused in Urdu
- غیرمستعمل, کورا, پڑا
More languagesFewer languages
- unused in Bengali
- অক্ষুণ্ণ ôkkhunnô
- unused in Telugu
- ఉపయోగించనిది, ఉపయోగించనివి
- unused in Malayalam
- ഉപയോഗിക്കാത്ത, ഉപയോഗിച്ചിട്ടില്ലാത്ത, ഉപയോഗപ്പെടുത്താത്ത, നിരുപയുക്ത
- unused in Kannada
- ಸುಪ್ತ supta
- unused in Punjabi
- ਅਣਲੱਗ aṇlagg
- unused in Odia
- ଅବ୍ଯବହୃତ, ଅଣବ୍ଯ଼ବହୃତ
- unused in Nepali
- अप्रयुक्त
- unused in Persian
- نو now, دستنخورده dast-naxorde, ناآشنا nâ-âšnâ
Examples of unused in a sentence
- A particular problem is the disposal of small quantities of unwanted, surplus, or unused pesticides.1975 June, Edward W. Lawless, Thomas L. Ferguson, Alfred F. Meiners, “Introduction”, in Guidelines for the Disposal of Small Quantities of...
- The clause made it extremely difficult for Zimbabwe's democratically elected government to procure land, even land that was unused.2001, George Alagiah, A Passage to Africa, London: Little, Brown Book Group, →ISBN:
- The legislation also tightens the share of unused exemptions states can carry over from year to year.2023 June 2, Tami Luhby, “Here’s who would have to work for government benefits – and who wouldn’t – under the debt ceiling package”, in...
- He was unused to an environment he couldn't instantly brighten; he was unused to a place so despairing that it insisted on silence.1985, John Irving, The Cider House Rules: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: William Morrow and Company, ISBN 978-0-688-03036-0; republished as The...
Synonyms of unused
- mint
- new
- pristine
- virgin
- unacquainted
- unfamiliar with
Antonyms
Forms of unused
| comparative | more unused |
|---|---|
| superlative | most unused |
Origin of unused
From un- + used.
Words formed from unused
Words that rhyme with unused
Questions about unused
- What does unused mean?
- Unused means not used.
- What is unused in Hindi?
- Unused in Hindi is अप्रयुक्त. See Unused meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use unused in a sentence?
- A particular problem is the disposal of small quantities of unwanted, surplus, or unused pesticides.
- What part of speech is unused?
- Unused is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce unused?
- Unused is pronounced /ʌnˈjuːzd/ (UK).
Words near unused in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: unused (page history and authors); unused (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unused (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unused (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unused (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); অক্ষুণ্ণ (Bengali) (page history and authors); unused (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unused (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); ಸುಪ್ತ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਅਣਲੱਗ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); unused (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); unused (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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