Definitions

obsolete

[ob-suh-leet, ob-suh-leet] / ˌɒb səˈlit, ˈɒb səˌlit /

ADJECTIVE

no longer in use, in vogue

Synonyms

STRONGEST

antiquated archaic out-of-date outmoded

WEAK

anachronistic ancient antediluvian antique bygone dated dead dead and gone dinosaur discarded disused done for dusty extinct fossil gone had it has-been horse and buggy kaput moldy moth-eaten old old-fashioned old-hat old-school out out-of-fashion outworn passé stale superannuated superseded timeworn unfashionable

Antonyms

STRONGEST

current modern new

WEAK

contemporary in vogue present up-to-date

Example Sentences

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Obsolete equipment discarded by the International Space Station in 2020 re-entered the Earth's atmosphere causing the space junk to be seen burning over Northern California.

From BBC • Mar. 22, 2023

The article, titled "Women in Combat: Is the Current Policy Obsolete?" appeared in a 2007 edition of the Duke Journal of Gender Law & Policy.

From Salon • Jul. 8, 2020

Other books are named seemingly because the power of what they say about those who carry them around overcomes Wiener’s conceit: Are Prisons Obsolete?,

From Slate • Jan. 7, 2020

Obsolete now is the modernist rhetoric of revolution that hailed Pablo Picasso’s shattering of pictorial form, Jackson Pollock’s expansive drip technique, and Andy Warhol’s artisanal proliferation of demotic imagery.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 28, 2019

Obsolete Words And then, besides this, there is little or no danger that any should be misled by them.

From English Past and Present by Palmer, Abram Smythe

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