obsolete
adj/ˈɒbsəliːt/UK/ɑbsəˈliːt/US
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin obsolētus (“worn out, gone out of use”), past participle of obsolēscere (“to wear out, fall into disuse, grow old, decay”); see obsolesce.
Definitions
No longer in use or no longer useful
No longer in use or no longer useful; now disused or neglected (often in favour of something newer, better, or more fashionable); outmoded.
- Speedy, worldwide, accessible delivery of news through the Web has made newspapers obsolete.
- Horses became obsolete means of transportation in cities in the first half of the twentieth century.
Imperfectly developed
Imperfectly developed; not very distinct.
To cause to become obsolete.
- This software component has been obsoleted.
- We are in the process of obsoleting this product.
- Should we develop nonhuman minds that might eventually outnumber, outsmart, obsolete and replace us?
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An obsolete thing or person.
The neighborhood
- synonymanachronistic
- synonymantediluvial
- synonymantediluvian
- synonymantiquated
- synonymantique
- synonymarchaic
- synonymbackward
- synonymbackwards
- synonymbehind the times
- synonymcobwebbed
- synonymcobwebby
- synonymdated
- antonymactive
- antonymcurrent
- antonymemployed
- antonymfashionable
- antonymfuture proof
- antonymin use
- antonymnascent
- antonymnew
- antonymnewfangled
- antonymnovel
- antonymrecent
- antonymup-to-date
- neighborobsolescence
- neighborformer
- neighborinactive
- neighbordeprecated
- neighborobsolescent
- neighboron its way out
- neighborhas-been
- neighborhors de combat
- neighborinoperative
- neighbormoribund
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for obsolete. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA