अप्रयुक्तaprayuktaa.Not used or employed, not applied.
- Not used or employed, not applied.
- Wrongly used, as a word.
- (In Rhet.) Rare, unusual (as a word when used in a particular sense or gender though that sense or gender be sanctioned by lexicographers); अप्रयुक्तं तथाम्नातमपि कविभिर्नादृतम्; तथा मन्ये दैवतोऽस्य पिशाचो राक्षसोऽथवा । where the Masculine gender of दैवत, though sanctioned (by Amara), is not used by poets and is, therefore, अप्रयुक्त. सन्त्यप्रयुक्ताः Mbh.
Source: ApteApte entry
