disutilize

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verb

To deprive of utility; to render useless.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person disutilizes · participle present disutilizing · participle past disutilized · past disutilized

  1. transitiveTo 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

Origin

From dis- + utilize.

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APA

disutilize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disutilize

MLA

“disutilize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disutilize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “disutilize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/disutilize.

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