unusedness
Appearance
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]unusedness (uncountable)
- The quality of not having been used.
- 1898, The Bay State monthly, page 27:
- The time-blackened front door betrayed its unusedness by rusty bolt and reluctant hinges […]
- The quality of being unaccustomed.
- 1936, Blackwood's magazine, volume 239, page 494:
- Yet, in spite of their difficulties, their unusedness to hard physical labour, and in spite of the terrific heat, they succeeded in loading ten tons a day.