disutilize

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English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ utilize.

Verb

disutilize (third-person singular simple present disutilizes, present participle disutilizing, simple past and past participle disutilized)

  1. (transitive) To deprive of utility; to render useless.
    • 1856, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh:
      Death's black dust, being blown,
      Infiltrated through every secret fold
      Of this sealed letter by a puff of fate,
      Dried up forever the fresh-written ink,
      Annulled the gift, disutilized the grace,
      And left these fragments.