Alternative spelling of oft-used

(urban studies, architecture) short-term use of a vacant site; a place subject to such a use

(of a resource) to consume, deplete or exhaust / (of time or space) to take or occupy

(law) a doctrine in intellectual property law that permits one party to make use of another party's protected intellectual property (such as a copyright or trademark) under narrowly defined circumstances.

(philately) Of a postage stamp, cancelled in the normal course of postal business, rather than to devalue it for sale to collectors.

plural of useful idiot

Of, or related to the use of land.

(colloquial, often with a following present participle or infinitive expression) Used to indicate that a specified or implied action cannot succeed or offers no advantage if successful

simple past tense and past participle of ill-use

Having been treated badly.