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  • noun The failure to make use of something, especially a property

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Examples

  • The final value component, known as nonuse value, was first proposed by John V. Krutilla in 1967.

    Total economic value 2009

  • Six months later, Target Corp. filed a challenge with the Canadian Registrar of Trademarks, arguing that the trademark should be invalidated for nonuse.

    Target Goes to Canadian Court Ann Zimmerman 2011

  • Six months later, however, Target Corp. filed a challenge with the federal Registrar of Trademarks, arguing that the trademark should be invalidated for nonuse.

    Target Faces Hurdle in Canada Ann Zimmerman 2010

  • In the next arms-control negotiations, preserving the nonuse of nuclear weapons will be the most important requirement.

    Debating Obama's New Nuclear Doctrine 2010

  • The tradition of nonuse would end if terrorists obtain nuclear weapons and use them.

    Debating Obama's New Nuclear Doctrine 2010

  • I generally don't use 16-bit applications anymore, but I do have one very important 16-bit application that's been affected -- an old (and now completely unsupported) version of the Compuserve WinCIM e-mail program that stored messages in its proprietary format rather than as simple ASCII text -- trying to launch it after many months of nonuse was how I discovered the problem even existed.

    iPhone 4 Press Conference, More -- Personal Tech Live with Rob Pegoraro 2010

  • In the next arms-control negotiations, preserving the nonuse of nuclear weapons will be the most important requirement.

    Numbers Aren't the Key Issue By Fred C. Iklé 2010

  • In the next arms-control negotiations, preserving the nonuse of nuclear weapons will be the most important requirement.

    Debating Obama's New Nuclear Doctrine 2010

  • The tradition of nonuse would end if terrorists obtain nuclear weapons and use them.

    Numbers Aren't the Key Issue By Fred C. Iklé 2010

  • The tradition of nonuse would end if terrorists obtain nuclear weapons and use them.

    Debating Obama's New Nuclear Doctrine 2010

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