obsolete

1. 1

   No longer in use or no longer useful; now disused or neglected (often in favour of something newer, better, or more fashionable); outmoded.usually

   • Speedy, worldwide, accessible delivery of news through the Web has made newspapers obsolete.
   • Horses became obsolete means of transportation in cities in the first half of the twentieth century.
2. 2

   Imperfectly developed; not very distinct.

   • These two birds somewhat closely resemble each other, but the Sedge Warbler is russet-brown above, the feathers with dark centres, the pale buff eyestripe is very clearly defined, and the underparts are buffish white; the Reed Warbler is mo

syn. anachronistic · antediluvial · antediluvian · antiquated · antique · prehistoric · archaic · backward · backwards · behind the times · cobwebbed · cobwebby

ant. active · current · employed · fashionable · future proof · in use · nascent · new

1. 1

   To cause to become obsolete.transitive

   • This software component has been obsoleted.
   • We are in the process of obsoleting this product.

1. 1

   An obsolete thing or person.