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OBSOLETE definition: 1. not in use any more, having been replaced by something newer and better or more fashionable: 2…. Learn more.
1. a. : no longer in use or no longer useful. an obsolete word. b. : of a kind or style no longer current : old-fashioned. an obsolete technology. farming methods that are now obsolete. 2. of a plant or animal part : indistinct or imperfect as compared with a corresponding part in related organisms : vestigial. obsoletely adverb. obsoleteness noun.
OBSOLETE meaning: 1. not in use any more, having been replaced by something newer and better or more fashionable: 2…. Learn more.
1. no longer in use or practice; discarded. 2. no longer in fashion; out-of-date; passé.
Obsolete definition: no longer in general use; fallen into disuse. See examples of OBSOLETE used in a sentence.
Obsolete is from the Latin obsolescere "to fall into disuse," and it is a very handy adjective for anything that is no longer used, from words to factories to computer software to ways of thinking. Something that is obsolete has usually been displaced by a newer, shinier innovation.
1. No longer in use: an obsolete word. 2. Outmoded in design, style, or construction: an obsolete locomotive. 3. Biology Vestigial or rudimentary, especially in comparison with related or ancestral species, as the tailbone of an ape. Used of an organ or other part of an organism. tr.v. ob·so·let·ed, ob·so·let·ing, ob·so·letes.
