out of use

prepositional phrase

In disuse; no longer used.

Opposite
in use
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Meanings

prepositional phrase
  1. In disuse; no longer used.

    We walked the length of the tramshed and into a yard. It held trams of every description, many decrepit and obviously out of use […]

    2003, William Newton, The Two Pound Tram
    1 more example

    New research out this morning shows that roughly 1.8m square metres of office floor space was taken out of use in the UK in the past year.

    2022 November 26, Michiel Willems, “Hybrid jobs: 248 football pitches of office space has simply vanished”, in City A.M., archived from the original on 21 Jan 2023

    Antonyms: in use

Synonyms & antonyms

prepositional phraseIn disuse; no longer used.

Opposite
in use

Translations

Catalan en desús
  • en desúsTranslations
Finnish ei käytössä
  • ei käytössäTranslations
French désuet, hors d'usage
  • désuetTranslations
  • hors d'usageTranslations
  • tombé en désuétudeTranslations
Polish nieużywany
  • nieużywanyTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

out of use. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out%20of%20use

MLA

“out of use.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out%20of%20use. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “out of use,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/out%20of%20use.

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