Need another word that means the same as “unused”? Find 9 synonyms and 30 related words for “unused” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Unused” are: idle, fresh, unutilized, unemployed, unexploited, not in service, unaccustomed, not used, new
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “unused” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| fresh | Recently made, produced, or harvested. Fresh air. |
| idle | Not in active use. Idle carpenters. |
| new | Gratuitously new. Ready to take a new direction. |
| not in service | Holding office. |
| not used | Employed in accomplishing something- H.H.Arnold & I.C.Eaker. |
| unaccustomed | Not familiar or usual; out of the ordinary. The visitors were unaccustomed to country roads. |
| unemployed | (of a thing) not in use. You have to put your left foot under the clutch when it is unemployed. |
| unexploited | (of resources) not used to maximum benefit. Unexploited reserves of natural gas. |
| unutilized | Not used or not used effectively. There is very little unutilized space in any school. |
| abeyant | Inactive but capable of becoming active. |
| already | Before or by now or the time in question. Anna has suffered a great deal already. |
| beginner | A person just starting to learn a skill or take part in an activity. An absolute beginner. |
| difficulty | A condition or state of affairs almost beyond one’s ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome. Had difficulty walking. |
| dilatory | Intended to cause delay. He had been dilatory in appointing a solicitor. |
| dormant | Lying with head on paws as if sleeping. The event evoked memories that she would rather had lain dormant. |
| hardship | Something hard to endure. The shared hardships of wartime. |
| idleness | Laziness; indolence. He was punished for his idleness at school. |
| immature | Not fully developed or mature; not ripe. His immature sense of humour. |
| inaction | Lack of action where some is expected or appropriate. Future generations will condemn us for inaction. |
| inactive | Not involved in military operations. Inactive Crohn s disease. |
| inactivity | The state of being inactive. People are frustrated with government inactivity. |
| inert | Unable to move or resist motion. An inert political system. |
| inexperienced | Lacking practical experience or training. An inexperienced driver. |
| lazy | Unwilling to work or use energy. He was too lazy to cook. |
| lull | A temporary interval of quiet or lack of activity. There was a lull in the storm. |
| motionless | Not moving; stationary. An eagle hung almost motionless close to the ground. |
| prudish | Exaggeratedly proper. The prudish moral climate of the late 19th century. |
| quiescence | Quiet and inactive restfulness. This method has been shown to induce sleep like quiescence in adult animals. |
| quiescent | Being quiet or still or inactive. The quiescent melancholy of the town. |
| sedentary | (of a position) sitting; seated. We all walk a certain amount every day even if we are sedentary. |
| sluggish | Slow and apathetic. A sluggish market. |
| stagnant | Showing no activity; dull and sluggish. A stagnant ditch. |
| stationary | Standing still. A car collided with a stationary vehicle. |
| torpid | Mentally or physically inactive; lethargic. Torpid frogs. |
| unaccustomed | Not familiar or usual; out of the ordinary. They finished their supper with unaccustomed speed. |
| unanimated | (of an image) not moving; still. The backgrounds are simple unanimated and monochrome. |
| unpracticed | Not having had extensive practice. |
| unskilled | Not doing a good job. Unskilled labor. |
| variable | A symbol like x or y that is used in mathematical or logical expressions to represent a variable quantity. Awards can be for variable amounts. |
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