nietgebruikte

Nietgebruikte is a Dutch adjective used to indicate that something has not been used. In contemporary standard Dutch, the more common term for this idea is ongebruikte. Nietgebruikte occurs primarily in inventories, policy texts, and some older writings, and may be found in variants such as niet-gebruikte or, less commonly, as a closed form.

The formation of nietgebruikte rests on the negation particle niet and the participle gebruikt (from gebruiken, to use). Because "ongebruikte" is the established adjective for “not used” before a noun, nietgebruikte is often treated as an alternative or stylistic variant rather than the preferred form in everyday language. Orthographic practice varies by publisher or style guide, with some authors hyphenating or separating the elements.

Usage and examples tend to appear in contexts like inventory, procurement, or cataloging. Examples include niet gebruikte onderdelen (not-used parts) or niet gebruikte materialen (not-used materials). In most modern writing, however, ongebruikte is favored when describing items in their original, unused condition.

Notes: nietgebruikte generally conveys the same semantic field as ongebruikte but is far less common and may sound dated or stylistic. For practical purposes, the related term ongebruikte is the standard choice in most contemporary texts.

See also: ongebruikte goederen, voorraadbeheer, restmateriaal.