Meaning of OBSOLETE
| Pronunciation: | | `âbsu'leet
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- [adj] no longer in use; "obsolete words"
- [adj] old; no longer in use or valid or fashionable; "obsolete words"; "an obsolete locomotive"; "outdated equipment"; "superannuated laws"; "out-of-date ideas"
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| | Synonyms: | | disused, noncurrent, outdated, out-of-date, superannuated |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\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}.
\Ob"so*lete\, v. i.
To become obsolete; to go out of use. [R.] --Fitzed. Hall.
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| | Definition: | | Reduced to a rudiment, or completely lacking. Compare rudimentary, vestigial. |
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| | Related Terms: | | abandoned, abjured, ago, ancient, antediluvian, antiquate, antiquated, antique, archaic, behind the times, blown over, by, bygone, bypast, dated, dead, dead and buried, deceased, defunct, demode, departed, deserted, discarded, discontinued, disused, done with, elapsed, expired, extinct, finished, forgotten, gone, gone glimmering, gone out, gone-by, has-been, hors de combat, irrecoverable, lapsed, no more, not worth saving, obsolesce, obsolescent, off the field, old, old hat, old-fashioned, old-time, old-timey, on the shelf, out, out of commission, out of date, out of fashion, out of gear, out of style, out of use, outdated, outmoded, out-of-date, outworn, over, passe, passed, passed away, past, past use, pensioned off, relinquished, renounced, resigned, retired, run out, superannuate, superannuated, superseded, unused, vanished, worn-out, wound up |
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