Use the noun disuse to describe a condition of not being used. After years of disuse, you won't be surprised when your dad's motorcycle doesn't start.
To cease to use; to discontinue the practice of.
Noun
the state of something that has been unused and neglected; "the house was in a terrible state of neglect"
v. t.
To cease to use; to discontinue the practice of.
v. t.
To disaccustom; -- with to or from; as, disused to toil.
n.
Cessation of use, practice, or exercise; inusitation;
desuetude; as, the limbs lose their strength by disuse.
Disuse
Disuse
The disuse of the tongue in the only . . . remedy.
Church discipline then fell into disuse.
To cease to use; to discontinue the practice of.
Cessation of use, practice, or exercise; inusitation; desuetude;
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