obsolete
adjective/ˈɒbsəliːt/
/ˌɑːbsəˈliːt/
- no longer used because something new has been invented synonym out of date
- obsolete technology
- With technological changes many traditional skills have become obsolete.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- become
- make something
- …
- completely
- totally
- increasingly
- …
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin obsoletus ‘grown old, worn out’, past participle of obsolescere ‘fall into disuse’.Definitions on the go
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