[syn: idle, unused]
4. infrequently exposed to;
- Example: "feet unused to shoes"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Unused \Un*used"\, a.
1. Not used; as, an unused book; an unused apartment.
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2. Not habituated; unaccustomed.
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Unused to bend, impatient of control. --Thomson.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
unused
adj 1: not yet used or soiled; "a fresh shirt"; "a fresh sheet
of paper"; "an unused envelope" [syn: fresh, unused]
2: not yet put into use; "we bought an unused car for a change"
3: not in active use; "the machinery sat idle during the
strike"; "idle hands" [syn: idle, unused]
4: infrequently exposed to; "feet unused to shoes"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
97 Moby Thesaurus words for "unused":
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