nonusage

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noun

Absence of usage; failure to use.

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Meanings

nounnonusage (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAbsence of usage; failure to use.

    “Because we work during the day, and we leave town on the weekends,” she explained of her own nonusage.

    2008 June 19, Eric Konigsberg, “The Guardian of Gramercy Park”, in New York Times

Origin

From non- + usage.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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