Unused
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English
Adjective
Unused (comparative more Unused, superlative most Unused)
- not used
- I have two unused vouchers for a free meal.
- not accustomed
- I am unused to the dark nights of the countryside.
Thesaurus
a stranger to, abandoned, as a bonus, callow, derelict, dewy, disaccustomed, disused, ever-new, evergreen, extra, firsthand, fledgling, for lagniappe, fresh, given up, green, held back, held in reserve, held out, idle, ignorant, immature, in abeyance, in hand, inexperienced, intact, left, leftover, maiden, maidenly, mint, neglected, neoteric, nestling, net, new, new to, odd, original, outstanding, over, over and above, overplus, pristine, put aside, put by, raw, remaining, remanent, reserve, rusty, saved, sempervirent, spare, stored, superfluous, supernumerary, surplus, surviving, suspended, to spare, unaccustomed, unaccustomed to, unacquainted with, unapplied, unbeaten, unconsumed, unconversant with, undeveloped, unemployed, unexercised, unexpended, unfamiliar with, unfledged, unhabituated, unhandled, unhardened, uninitiated in, uninured, unpracticed, unseasoned, unspent, untapped, untouched, untrained, untried, untrodden, unused to, unutilized, unwonted, vernal, virgin, virginal, waived, weaned, young
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /ʌnˈjuːzd/, /ʌnˈjuːst/, SAMPA: /Vn"ju:zd/, /Vn"ju:st/
- (US) IPA: /ʌnˈjuzd/, /ʌnˈjust/, SAMPA: /Vn"juzd/, /Vn"just/
- Rhymes: -uːzd
Notes
The second pronunciation (/-uːst/) is used for the "not accustomed" sense (especially in informal speech), and is a devoicing of the terminal /zd/ to /st/ under the influence of the /t/ of the following to. In very informal situations the final stop is often elided completely, leading to the pronunciation of "unused to" as a single word /ˈʌn.juːs.tə/. In formal speech the second (/-uːst/) pronunciation is frequently proscribed in favour of the fully voiced (/-uːzd/) pronunciation, which is acceptable for either sense and is normally used for the "not used" sense in all registers.
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