The difference between Unused and Used
When used as adjectives, unused means not used, whereas used means that is or has or have been used.
check bellow for the other definitions of Unused and Used
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Unused as an adjective (not comparable):
Not used.
Examples:
"I have two unused vouchers for a free meal."
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Unused as an adjective:
Not accustomed (to), unfamiliar with.
Examples:
"I am unused to the dark nights of the countryside."
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Used as a verb:
Examples:
"You used me!"
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Used as a verb (intransitive, as an auxiliary verb, now only in past tense):
to perform habitually; to be accustomed [to doing something]
Examples:
"He used to live here, but moved away last year."
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Used as an adjective:
That is or has or have been used.
Examples:
"The ground was littered with used syringes left behind by drug abusers."
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Used as an adjective:
That has or have previously been owned by someone else.
Examples:
"He bought a used car."
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Used as an adjective:
Familiar through use; usual; accustomed.
Examples:
"I got used to this weather."