disutilize

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, “(please specify either |book=1 to 9 or the page)”, in Aurora Leigh, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1857, →OCLC:
      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.
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