obsolescent

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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

It was opened in 1974 and is now considered obsolescent; a replacement site in Maryland has already been chosen.

From Salon • Feb. 16, 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

“An obsolescent subgenre,” he declared, with conspicuous relish; a “naïve” little form, as outmoded as its cheap effects, the table-tapping and flickering candlelight.

From New York Times • Oct. 22, 2018

It may crop up in the inquiries of some intelligent mechanic seeking knowledge among the obsolescent accumulations of a public library, or it may for a moment be touched upon by some veteran teacher.

From New Worlds For Old A Plain Account of Modern Socialism by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)