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It was begun in 1743 but, with the new steam-powered ships needing less attention, the dockyard fell into disuse and closed in 1889.
Just inside the post office door are two tables that hold about 70 different stamps, each with a different Christmas-themed design (one bears a menorah and says Happy Hanukkah; when I dip it in green ink and take it for a test drive, the design has the crisp, bold edges of disuse).
Hotlines set up between leaders of the two countries have always fallen into disuse.
This clause has fallen into disuse since 1873, when the court decided, for convoluted reasons, that it applied only to national rights, such as the right to be protected while at sea.
So the rules soon changed to first names all round, though ambassadors, at least in public, may be called "Your Excellency" by other diplomats and "Sir" or, particularly if female, "Ambassador" by their own staff.This shift, the biggest in the English politeness code since "thee" and "thou" fell into disuse , has accelerated.
The result was that the countryside became impoverished and in many places farms and plantations fell into disuse.
Despite that, employers may not "unfairly discriminate against any person solely on the grounds of that person's lack of relevant experience".Mr Mbeki predicts that such positive-discrimination laws will "fall into disuse " when they are no longer needed.
But in the first half of the 20th century the tour gradually fell into disuse , with gentlemanly publishers preferring to rely on book reviews and word of mouth.In this section Christopher Columbus to Bill Gates An English case study Author!
The same day, Israel restarted the policy of assassination that had fallen briefly into disuse after Ehud Barak left office: a member of Islamic Jihad in Gaza was killed in his truck by helicopter-fired precision missiles.
In recent years it has largely fallen into disuse , at least outside the public sector.Further readingPyhrr, P., "Zero-base Budgeting: A Practical Management Tool for Evaluating Expenses", John Wiley & Sons, 1973; reprint, 1977More management ideasThis article is adapted from "The Economist Guide to Management Ideas and Gurus", by Tim Hindle (Profile Books; 322 pages; £20).
But an approach developed jointly by David Little and Anton Immink at the University of Stirling, in Scotland, and Benoy Barman at the World Fish Centre in Bangladesh is now cheaply creating just such hatcheries.Dr Little turned to a method that had fallen into disuse.
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The primary grammatical function of "disuse" is as a noun , denoting the state of not being used. Ludwig AI confirms its correct usage in sentences describing neglect or obsolescence, similar to examples found in various contexts.
Expression frequency: Very common
