unused

== English == === Etymology === From un- +‎ used. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ʌnˈjuːzd/, /ʌnˈjuːst/ (General American) IPA(key): /ʌnˈjuzd/, /ʌnˈjust/ Rhymes: -uːzd, -uːst Hyphenation: un‧used === Adjective === unused (comparative more unused, superlative most unused) (not comparable) Not used. Synonyms: mint, new, pristine, virgin Antonyms: used, old, preloved, pre-owned, secondhand Not accustomed (to), unfamiliar with. Synonyms: unacquainted (with), unfamiliar with Antonyms: acquainted (with), familiar (with) 1985, John Irving, The Cider House Rules: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: William Morrow and Company, ISBN 978-0-688-03036-0; republished as The Cider House Rules, London: Black Swan, 1986, ISBN 978-0-552-99204-6, page 237: Oh shut up, Wally, Candy was thinking, although she understood why he couldn't stop babbling. He was unused to an environment he couldn't instantly brighten; he was unused to a place so despairing that it insisted on silence. He was unused to absorbing a shock, to simply taking it in. Wally's talk-a-mile style was a good-hearted effort; he believed in improving the world – he had to fix everything, to make everything better. ==== Usage notes ==== The second pronunciation (/-uːst/) is used for the “not accustomed” sense (especially in informal speech), and is a devoicing of the terminal /zd/ to /st/ under the influence of the /t/ of the following to. In very informal situations the final stop is often elided completely, leading to the pronunciation of “unused to” as a single word /ˈʌn.juːs.tə/. In formal speech the second (/-uːst/) pronunciation is frequently proscribed in favour of the fully voiced (/-uːzd/) pronunciation, which is acceptable for either sense and is normally used for the “not used” sense in all registers. ==== Translations ==== === See also === unused to === Anagrams === unsued