Definitions
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
deprecate . - adjective Strongly
disapproved of. - adjective
Belittled ;insulted - adjective computing
Obsolescent ; said of aconstruct in acomputing language considered old, and planned to bephased out , but still available for use.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word deprecated.
Examples
-
If the function is deprecated, should not be used any longer, then the @deprecated tag along with the version and description of what to use instead should be given.
Codex - Recent changes [en] Hakre 2010
-
a slightly simplified language with some elements and attributes moved into CSS, and will no longer encounter the term deprecated since older code will still be supported.
-
He allowed himself an extra cigar or two, and, in short, deprecated anything which threatened to disturb his peace.
Enter Bridget Thomas Cobb 1893
-
But there is another reason why a war between the two countries is so much to be deprecated, which is, that is must ever be a cruel and an irritating war.
Diary in America, Series One Frederick Marryat 1820
-
The other one was still killing a thread by calling a deprecated ten years ago method stop (), the third guy had issues explaining the data flow of a standard Web application built with Servlets and JDBC.
-
The other one was still killing a thread by calling a deprecated ten years ago method stop (), the third guy had issues explaining the data flow of a standard Web application built with Servlets and JDBC.
-
The release notes updated yesterday declare Java "deprecated" and state that Apple's Java software "will not be maintained at the same level, and may be removed from future versions of Mac OS X."
Faster Forward: More thoughts on junking Java Rob Pegoraro 2010
-
The release notes updated yesterday declare Java "deprecated" and state that Apple's Java software "will not be maintained at the same level, and may be removed from future versions of Mac OS X."
More thoughts on junking Java Rob Pegoraro 2010
-
Apparently use of the password ahs been "deprecated", or in other words, "discouraged".
Anonymous Facebook Employe Says Network Keeps Track Of Whom You Stalk Most - The Consumerist 2010
-
And, old versions can only be marked as "deprecated" to keep the list of current downloads clean and let end-users know that that download is no longer supported.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.