Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective No longer in use.
- adjective Outmoded in design, style, or construction.
- adjective 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.
- transitive verb To cause to become obsolete.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Gone out of use; no longer in use: as, an obsolete word; an obsolete custom; an obsolete law. Abbreviated obsolete
- In descriptive zoöl., indistinct; not clearly or sharply marked; applied to colors, faded, dim: as, an obsolete purple; applied to ornaments or organs, very imperfectly developed, hardly perceptible: as, obsolete striæ, spines, ocelli.
- To become obsolete; pass out of use.
- To make obsolete; render disused.
- In botany, notingan organ which is rudimentary or scarcely apparent.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- intransitive verb rare To become obsolete; to go out of use.
- adjective No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused; neglected; ; -- applied chiefly to words, writings, or observances.
- adjective (Biol.) Not very distinct; obscure; rudimental; imperfectly developed; abortive.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of words, etc. no longer in use; gone into
disuse ; disused orneglected (often by preference for something newer, which replaces the subject). - adjective biology
Imperfectly developed; not very distinct.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective no longer in use
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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What it has done and how it has done it, "published later as Tract 41 and renamed, when the passage of years rendered the title obsolete," The
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A term obsolete in Science if used with reference to Spirit, or Deity.
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Dayton also said he believes Minnesota could lose the Vikings without a replacement for the Metrodome, which he called "obsolete in modern terms."
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Dayton also said he believes Minnesota could lose the Vikings without a replacement for the Metrodome, which he called "obsolete in modern terms."
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Dayton also said he believes Minnesota could lose the Vikings without a replacement for the Metrodome, which he called "obsolete in modern terms."
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Not inspiring the youth will result in obsolete soon to be retired workforce.
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The likelihood of Sirius going bankrupt and obsolete is a joke and if it does it will be in three years when the 500 million is used up.
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He wants to not be a crime fighter, but a ‘crime killer’ and to make Batman and Robin obsolete like ‘Ipods did to Walkmen.’
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Shira-i, a former captain now crippled and obsolete, is reduced to selling photos of an Earthrise over a Martian city to credulous tourists.
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Comments
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seanahan commented on the word obsolete
We should use this to tag obsolete words so we can have a fun time looking through them.
October 9, 2007
reesetee commented on the word obsolete
Excellent idea, seanahan! I sometimes add this to word comments anyway, so maybe I can round 'em up and tag 'em.
October 9, 2007