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Obsolete
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WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Obsolete
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1.
out of use or practice; not current
2.
out of date; unfashionable or outmoded
3. biology
(of parts, organs, etc) vestigial; rudimentary
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Obsolete
see synonyms of obsolete adjective
1.
no longer in use or practice; discarded
2.
no longer in fashion; out-of-date; passé
3. Biology
rudimentary or poorly developed as compared with its counterpart in other individuals of a related species, the opposite sex, etc.; vestigial
said of an organ, etc. verb transitiveWord forms: ˌobsoˌleted or ˌobsoˌleting
4.
to make obsolete, as by replacing with something newer
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Obsolete
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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
To cause to become obsolete: "The textbook publishers use every trick known to the marketing mind to obsolete their products year after year, thus closing off the possibility of second-hand sales" (Thomas Frank).
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