unused

Examples

• All

• A retired piano teacher donated some unused keyboard books to balance the collection.

  Academic text (1999)

• The brown notebook is old but unused, and I hear its spine crack as I smooth open its pages.

  Fiction book (1992)

• For more tips, read how to sell unused items to pay off debt.

  Blog text (4)

• Unused, still in the box.

  Destination Love (2022)

• I'm going to use this very pretty unused drill.

• In the red bags, there were some unused medical goods such as plastic tubes and some office paper.

  Academic text (1994)

• When the student opened his locker, there was a clean, unused uniform on the bottom shelf.

  Academic text (2015)

• They're clean, unused versions, the same material.

• If you have unused vacation days, that's it.

• When I cleaned out the garage, I found an unused bicycle still in its original box.

Synonyms

N

new

vsunused

∞ 1.0

In original condition and never used before

is the basic idea of not having been used before

B

brand-new

vsunused

321 1.2

Completely new and never used

is simply not used before and may lack perfect factory condition

F

fresh

vsunused

306 1.0

New and not used before

focuses on absence of prior use rather than novelty or recentness

U

unopened

vsunused

15 1.0

Still closed and in its original package

means not previously used but not necessarily still sealed

U

untouched

vsunused

8 2.1

Not eaten or drunk and still left as it was

covers lack of prior use but can include items handled without damage

U

unspent

vsunused

2 4.1

Money or resources that have not yet been used

applies generally to things not used, not only financial resources

U

unconsumed

vsunused

1 4.5

Something left because no one ate or used it

is the broader absence of prior use, not only food or consumption

U

unutilized

vsunused

• US

1 5.6

Not used and left empty

refers simply to lack of prior use rather than underuse or neglect

U

unworked

vsunused

4.2

Left unused and idle, like time, land, or machines

is the simple state of not being used, not only idle resources

U

unexpended

vsunused

7.1

Money or resources that are not yet spent

is the general absence of prior use, not limited to resources

U

unredeemed

vsunused

7.2

Not yet used or claimed for its value

means simply not used before rather than specifically unclaimed or not converted

Antonyms

U

used

1.0

Owned by someone else before

Idioms

U

unused to

3 4.2

Not familiar with a thing or situation

How New

brand-new

321 1.2

unused

6 1.0

used

1.0

worn

4 2.1

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology