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obsolescent

[ob-suh-les-uhnt] / ˌɒb səˈlɛs ənt /
ADJECTIVE
becoming obsolete
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DVRs aren’t needed for streaming services; that’s what has made them obsolescent.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 9, 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

Hence, to the RSC, whether damaged or obsolescent, haphazardly hoarded devices represent a potentially massive boon for the green economy.

From Salon May 12, 2022

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

From New York Times Dec. 13, 2018

Perhaps these obsolescent customs, unsuited to prosperous times, had lingered longer among the Spanish grandees.

From The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies by Israel Zangwill




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