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desuetude
des·ue·tude [ désswi td ]


noun 
Definition:
 
disuse: the condition of not being in use ( formal )

[Early 17th century. Via French< Latin desuetudo< desuescere "become unaccustomed" < suescere "be accustomed"]
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