How to Use unused in a Sentence

unused

adjective
  • I have four days of unused vacation time left.
  • The library has been unused for 10 years.
  • And when the land went unused, the tribe asked for that land back.
    — Mark Trahant, Star Tribune, 8 May 2021
  • To help with the mortgage, the Google duo paid them $1,700 a month to rent unused space.
    — Steven Levy, WIRED, 10 Aug. 2024
  • The movie, quite bad, leaves no sports movie cliché unused.
    — Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Sep. 2023
  • And that is a kind of under-the-radar tax on the unused car market.
    — Lauren Goode, WIRED, 19 Aug. 2022
  • There's still some space left unused, but much less of it.
    — Sarah Jampel, Bon Appétit, 19 Apr. 2021
  • Any green cards that go unused by the end of a fiscal year go to waste.
    — Michelle Hackman, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2022
  • By 2018, the track had closed its doors and was going unused.
    — ArsTechnica, 22 Apr. 2025
  • The name had been lying around unused for 20 years at that point.
    — Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Feb. 2024
  • The soccer ball will light up when kicked or bounced, and the lights will turn off when unused.
    — Maya Polton, Parents, 21 Nov. 2023
  • And a large portion of the money that is set aside for child care goes unused.
    — Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2023
  • What happens to the money when a gift card goes unused?
    — Dee-Ann Durbin, Fortune, 26 Dec. 2023
  • Click and drag unused applications to the Trash icon in the dock.
    — Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2025
  • And there may be as much as 1 billion square feet of unused U.S. office space by the end of the decade, the report shows.
    — Bysydney Lake, Fortune, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Cass jerked open the lever again and an unused shell arcked out and fell in the leaves beside the bleeding hound.
    — Frank C. Hibben, Outdoor Life, 13 Feb. 2025
  • The builders have reached an agreement with the transit agency to lease unused land for a park.
    — Steve Brown, Dallas News, 8 June 2021
  • The barn has been largely unused for the last several years.
    — Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Turn off the Manage app if unused toggle switch, and it will be left alone.
    — David Nield, WIRED, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Hatred leads all the unused clones of Hank and Dean into battle to aid Brock.
    — Mat Olson, Vulture, 19 July 2023
  • Following the fires, unused rental cars piled up on the airport lawn.
    — Jack Kiyonaga, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Nov. 2023
  • But don’t just put unused furniture or clothing in the dump or on the curb.
    — Kristine Gill, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 May 2025
  • The gym, which had sat quiet and mostly unused for the past decade, caught fire Wednesday night.
    — Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 29 Apr. 2022
  • Broad Creek at botton, the horse stable (unused) is at top-left.
    — Jason Fontelieu, Baltimore Sun, 6 May 2022
  • The weekend of April 11, Truman Road will be closed as crews remove an unused bridge over the street.
    — Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 12 Apr. 2025
  • Their heirs may still own land around the village where crops once grew, or sheep grazed, but much of that land now sits unused.
    — Dan Charles, NPR, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Cards will be loaded with $22 per day, and any unused amount will be forfeited at the end of the day with no rollover.
    — Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 17 Apr. 2025
  • The Bears used to provide numbers for tickets sold and unused tickets, but that is no longer the case.
    — Brad Biggs, chicagotribune.com, 22 Dec. 2021
  • The Falcons need the extra salary-cap space to get through this year, and can roll over any unused space into next year.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 29 May 2021
  • Mason requests new, unused items such as puzzles, sensory toys, art kits, dolls and board games; anything that can help bring joy and comfort to children during their hospital stay.
    — Samantha Moilanen, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2025

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