: out of consideration : into a condition of neglect or disuse—usually used with fall
Example Sentences
Flowers grew along the wayside.
Recent Examples on the WebWith decreasing domestic concern about Covid-19 and stretched foreign aid budgets and higher priorities such as supporting Ukraine, this will fall by the wayside. Steven Phillips, STAT, 6 Sep. 2022 As crowds thinned, maintenance and upgrades fell by the wayside. Karl Ebert, Journal Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2022 What was state of the art in 1912 has mostly fallen by the wayside. Tamar Haspel, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2022 Asus tried out a 13-inch model and even tried a reverse-wraparound fold (similar to Huawei’s Mate X2), but these designs fell by the wayside. Adam Speight, WIRED, 31 Aug. 2022 That hasn’t happened, and the group’s past president now says the pledge model has fallen by the wayside. Holly Ramer, BostonGlobe.com, 28 Aug. 2022 That hasn’t happened, and the group’s past president now says the pledge model has fallen by the wayside. Holly Ramer, ajc, 28 Aug. 2022 Those jokes have now pretty much fallen by the wayside since the spacecraft is up and running. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022 Several Republicans who have made anti-Trump arguments their mainstay have either been run out of town on a rail or took their own leave after recognizing that their fortunes had fallen by the wayside. Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 23 Aug. 2022 See More