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Disuse

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neglectnoun(transitive) To fail to care for or attend to something.

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neglectnounThe act of neglecting.
inactivenounA person who does not take action.
inactivitynounThe quality of being inactive; idleness; passiveness.
obsolescencenoun(uncountable) The state of being obsolete—no longer in use; gone into disuse; disused or neglected.
abandonmentnounThe act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.
cessationnoun(formal) A ceasing or discontinuance, for example of an action, whether temporary or final.
discontinuationnounThe act of stopping producing or supplying a product.
quittingnounThe termination of employment, initiated by the employee.
surrendernounAn act of surrendering, submission into the possession of another; abandonment, resignation.
abeyancenounSuspension; temporary suppression; dormant condition.
osteoporosisnoun(pathology) A disease, occurring especially in women following menopause, in which the bones become extremely porous and are subject to fracture.
non-completionnoun
unusage
nonusagenounAbsence of usage; failure to use.
nonusenounThe failure to make use of something.
desuetudenoun(uncountable) The state when something (for example, a custom or a law) is no longer observed nor practised; disuse, obsolescence; (countable) an instance of this.
inusitationnoun(archaic) Lack of use; disuse.
unservicenounDisservice.
inoccupancynounThe state of having no occupants, the state of being unoccupied.
disacquaintancenoun(obsolete) Loss of familiarity, or familiar acquaintance.

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