with disuse

Frequency: 5.51.8 per million words

Often used to describe a resulting condition, especially physical, from lack of use.

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Examples (10)

  • After weeks in a cast, his leg muscles were stiff with disuse.
  • My French has grown quite rusty with disuse over the years.
  • The old gears in the clock tower were frozen solid with disuse.
  • Her joints had become painful and weak with disuse during the long illness.
  • Many of the tools in the shed were covered in rust, seized up with disuse.
  • His knowledge of advanced calculus, once sharp, had faded with disuse.
  • The abandoned railway line, overgrown with disuse, was barely visible.
  • Without regular practice, her ability to play the violin had atrophied with disuse.
  • The heavy castle gate groaned, stiff with disuse, as they pushed it open.
  • Certain traditional skills are in danger of weakening with disuse.