Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Being in the process of passing out of use or usefulness; becoming obsolete.
- adjective Biology Becoming reduced during the course of evolution; vestigial or nearly vestigial. Used of an organ or other part of an organism.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Becoming obsolete; passing out of use: as, an obsolescent word or custom.
- In entomology, somewhat obsolete; imperfectly visible.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Going out of use; becoming obsolete; passing into desuetude.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective In the
process of becomingobsolete , but not obsolete yet.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective becoming obsolete
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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We have an incredible problem in obsolescent equipment.
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I also show how "obsolescent" points of view can be turned and often were turned into instruments for the examination of modern theories and I give examples where such an examination shows them to be superior.
Science and Society: An Exchange Feyerabend, Paul 1979
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But if he had studied the matter a little more closely he would have learned that the humanities are remnants of points of view he himself calls "obsolescent," that they changed since the scientific revolution, that by now most of them have been voided of ontological content (in theology this is called demythologization) and can therefore no longer be used as critics of the scientific enterprise.
Science and Society: An Exchange Feyerabend, Paul 1979
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Vatican to cover up - you guessed it - crimes of clerical sex abuse by resort to "obsolescent" canon law.
CathNews 2010
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Murdoch seems obsolescent and, like the dictators of North Africa, his troubles come from the abuse of power.
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Does NATO unity really depend on outmoded weapons and increasingly obsolescent delivery aircraft? ...
Linkspam for 24-9-2009 nwhyte 2009
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I just wish that every industry would stay away from anything obsolescent just to make a quick dollar.
Mike Ragogna: 50 Years Of Grammys, Duets II, His Lady Gaga Portrait, Politics & More: A Conversation With Tony Bennett Mike Ragogna 2011
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The result is that the whole can become somewhat obsolescent before it is finished.
Frank A. Weil: Through a Monstrous Looking Glass Frank A. Weil 2010
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I just wish that every industry would stay away from anything obsolescent just to make a quick dollar.
Mike Ragogna: 50 Years Of Grammys, Duets II, His Lady Gaga Portrait, Politics & More: A Conversation With Tony Bennett Mike Ragogna 2011
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The only one who win are these technology obsolescent companies.
Updated: Time Warner Cable Backs Off Metered Broadband Everywhere 2009
slumry commented on the word obsolescent
If it is obsolescent, it is becoming obsolete.
July 17, 2007