verb
- to cause someone to lose a habit or to stop being accustomed to something
Usage: transitive verb; formal or literary
Examples
- It took months to disaccustom herself from the routine she had followed for years.
- The coach worked to disaccustom the athletes from their old training methods.
- After moving to a quieter town, she gradually disaccustomed herself to city noise.
- Parents sometimes struggle to disaccustom children from screen time.
- He found it difficult to disaccustom himself from his morning coffee habit.