[noun]
The state of being no longer used or practiced.
A very few people, not appearing to be up to much, sat far apart at desks in a dimly lighted panorama of desuetude.
PETER SCHJELDAHL, "THE VILLAGE VOICE'S MAGIC MIRROR," THE NEW YORKER, SEPTEMBER 2, 2018
The practice of “leaving a calling card” may have fallen into desuetude among human beings, but as a description of pet behavior the phrase continues to have legs.
CULLEN MURPHY, "ANTICIPATION," THE ATLANTIC, NOVEMBER 1998
A very few people, not appearing to be up to much, sat far apart at desks in a dimly lighted panorama of desuetude.
PETER SCHJELDAHL, "THE VILLAGE VOICE'S MAGIC MIRROR," THE NEW YORKER, SEPTEMBER 2, 2018
The practice of “leaving a calling card” may have fallen into desuetude among human beings, but as a description of pet behavior the phrase continues to have legs.
CULLEN MURPHY, "ANTICIPATION," THE ATLANTIC, NOVEMBER 1998
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