obsolete
No longer in use or no longer useful; now disused or neglected (often in favour of something newer, better, or more fashionable); outmoded.
Example
“Speedy, worldwide, accessible delivery of news through the Web has made newspapers obsolete.”
Other meanings
Imperfectly developed; not very distinct.
Related words
- nonobsolete
- obsoleter
- obsoletism
- obsoletor
- subobsolete
- unobsolete
- obsoletely
- obsoleteness
- semiobsolete
Word history
From Latin "obsolētus" (worn out, gone out of use).
Where this comes from
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