[noun] [U] - the condition of not being used (any longer)The church was recently restored after decades of disuse.Muscles can become weak with disuse.They were prosecuted under the terms of an old law which had fallen into disuse (= stopped being used), but has recently been revived.
DISUSE
Meaning of DISUSE in English
Cambridge English vocab. Кембриджский английский словарь. 2012