obsolete

[Ob·so*lete]

To become obsolete; to go out of use.

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No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused; neglected; as, an obsolete word; an obsolete statute; -- applied chiefly to words, writings, or observances.

Adjective S.
no longer in use; "obsolete words"

Adjective S.
old; no longer in use or valid or fashionable; "obsolete words"; "an obsolete locomotive"; "outdated equipment"; "superannuated laws"; "out-of-date ideas"


a.
No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused; neglected; as, an obsolete word; an obsolete statute; -- applied chiefly to words, writings, or observances.

a.
Not very distinct; obscure; rudimental; imperfectly developed; abortive.

v. i.
To become obsolete; to go out of use.


Obsolete

Ob"so*lete , a. [L. obsoletus, p.p. of obsolescere. See Obsolescent.] 1. No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused; neglected; as, an obsolete word; an obsolete statute; -- applied chiefly to words, writings, or observances. 2. (Biol.) Not very distinct; obscure; rudimental; imperfectly developed; abortive. Syn. -- Ancient; antiquated; old-fashioned; antique; old; disused; neglected. See Ancient.

Obsolete

Ob"so*lete, v. i. To become obsolete; to go out of use. [R.] Fitzed. Hall.

No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused; neglected; as, an obsolete word; an obsolete statute; -- applied chiefly to words, writings, or observances.

To become obsolete; to go out of use.

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Usage Examples

In this business it takes time to be really good - and by that time, you're obsolete.

The Internet creates as well as destroys. Social networks, search advertising, and cloud computing are multibillion dollar industries that didn't exist 10 years ago. They are products of the same force that has rendered the Postal Service's core business obsolete.

When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course.

I feel that education needs an overhaul - courses are obsolete and grades are on the way out.

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Other Usage Examples

I call upon the scientific community in our country, those who gave us nuclear weapons, to turn their great talents now to the cause of mankind and world peace: to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete.

Marriage is obsolete and a trap.

Political satire became obsolete when they awarded Henry Kissinger the Nobel Peace Prize.

In spite of advances in technology and changes in the economy, state government still operates on an obsolete 1970s model. We have a typewriter government in an Internet age.

New technology is useful, but it's inefficient and ugly it knows it'll be obsolete by lunchtime tomorrow, so it has no incentive to be anything else.

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