unused

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un·used1 /ˌʌnˈjuːzd◂/ adjectiveadj

USE A PERSONnot being used, or never used 不在使用的；从未用过的

unused land

闲置的土地

Examples from the Corpus

unused• In effect the equivalent of a million pounds-worth of fees went unused.• The United States is a vast country with literally hundreds of square miles of land, unwanted and unused.• His old car sat in the garage, unused.• Unused ammunition was dumped by US planes over Laos.• unused ammunition• The operating system itself would have the ability to purge unused and unwanted programs.• Batteries which are unused for long periods may have to be recharged.• And you can keep carrying unused home-office deductions forward until you are able to use them.• The large batch of Recipe 179 he had made stood unused in the locked room.• He felt like a useless and unused link in the chain.• He is brimming with unused love, a passion for justice, a need to repent that surpasses what the law ordained.• Unused muscles can feel very sore when you start exercising.• an unused office• the safe disposal of unused stocks of pharmaceutical products• Any unused wool can be returned to the shop.

un·used2 /ˌʌnˈjuːst◂/ adjectiveadj

unused to (doing) something EXPERIENCED#not experienced in dealing with something 不习惯于(做)某事 SYN unaccustomed

a sensitive man unused to publicity

不习惯抛头露面的敏感的男人

Maggie was unused to being told what to do.

玛吉不习惯有人对她指手画脚。

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unused to (doing) something• She was unused to booze, the bloody Marys; still a little woozy.• If you are unused to exercise, it hurts.• The men, however, for the most part, were unused to marching.• Jonathon's eyes, unprotected, blinked on and off, unused to open air.• He was a man who was unused to sitting still.• The tendency for anyone unused to such enormous forces is literally to be thrown over the handlebars.• Negotiations are sometimes difficult, especially when styles vary and both sides are unused to such interactions.• I was unused to the heavy city traffic.• He walked a little uncertainly, unused to the solid earth under his feet.• Of course it was faintly possible that masons unused to waterproofing could nevertheless carry out the architects' detailed instructions effectively.

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unused• In effect the equivalent of a million pounds-worth of fees went unused.• The operating system itself would have the ability to purge unused and unwanted programs.• He is brimming with unused love, a passion for justice, a need to repent that surpasses what the law ordained.• The tendency for anyone unused to such enormous forces is literally to be thrown over the handlebars.