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obsolescent

[ob-suh-les-uhnt] / ˌɒb səˈlɛs ənt /
ADJECTIVE
becoming obsolete
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As traditional, human-dependent techniques and analog approaches to creation fade away, it makes the spirit of these increasingly obsolescent facets of society all the more precious.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2025

But Randolph and Hastings always planned on video streaming rendering the DVD-by-mail service obsolescent once technology advanced to the point that watching movies and TV shows through internet connections became viable.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 28, 2023

This philosophy of disruption demands, above all, that technology continuously drive down labor costs and regularly render itself obsolescent.

From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2021

The use of an obsolescent technique to memorialize “Vertigo” is fitting.

From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2018

That part of government which had been concerned with social administration, if it did not end, became at least obsolescent.

From The Acquisitive Society by R. H. Tawney


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