Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • transitive verb To render (a person) unaccustomed to something to which the person has been previously accustomed; cause to break a habit.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • To cause to lose a habit by disuse; render unaccustomed as by disuse: as, he has disaccustomed himself to exercise.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • transitive verb To destroy the force of habit in; to wean from a custom.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • verb to cause (someone) to break a habit or become unaccustomed to something that they are previously accustomed to

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Middle English disacustome, from Old French desacostumer : des-, dis- + acostumer, to accustom; see accustom.]

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From Middle English disacustome; compound of dis +‎ accustom

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Examples

  • They see the peasant smiles very little, and altogether is not very kindly disposed and wants to disaccustom himself to the authorities.

    Mother 2003

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  • I'm a word you don't meet every day.

    December 13, 2013

  • 1881 H. James Portrait of Lady xxxii, Disaccustomed to living with an invalid.

    December 13, 2013