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My mother still has a twenty-year-old obsolete computer in storage.obsolete = no longer in general use because it was replaced by something better
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That old phone is obsolete.obsolete = outdated (no longer in general use because it was replaced by something better)
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The auto maker uses design as a means of building in obsolescence to sell new cars.obsolescence = the process of becoming outdated and no longer wanted
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That military tactic became obsolete with the advent of the tank.obsolete = no longer in general use because it was replaced by something better
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Technology will make that kind of job obsolete.obsolete = outdated and no longer wanted (by employers)
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Kennedy agreed to remove some missiles from Turkey that had already been obsoleted by submarine-based missiles.obsoleted = made outdated as they were replaced with something newer and better
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By that era, home videogame consoles had already made most coin-op games obsolete. (source)obsolete = no longer in general use because due to replacement with something better
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Instead I kept the burden for myself, and my friendship with Nick, already anemic, underfed and underused, dwindled in obsolescence. (source)obsolescence = no longer in general use
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Really he is that obsolescent phenomenon the fool of the family dumped on the Church by his father the patron, clamorously asserting himself as father and clergyman without being able to command respect in either capacity.]† (source)obsolescent = becoming outdated
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The ear of wheat (in Latin spica, obsoletely speca, from spe, hope) should not be the only hope of the husbandman; its kernel or grain (granum from gerendo, bearing) is not all that it bears.† (source)obsoletely = in a manner that is outdated
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Snow made growing food difficult, limited the agricultural periods. ... It wasn't a practical thing, so it became obsolete when we went to Sameness. (source)obsolete = no longer in use
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...in this era of planned obsolescence, when a thing breaks down I can usually find something in my collection to repair it—a toilet, or a motor, or a, lawn mower. (source)obsolescence = no longer in general use because it was replaced by something better
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A crossword puzzle gave the definition of "obsolescent individuals" and the word came out as "capitalists."† (source)obsolescent = becoming outdated
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"It must be like living in a museum!" ... "By museum, do you mean dusty?" said Alex Thomas. "Or perhaps you meant obsolete." (source)obsolete = no longer in general use because it was replaced by something better
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Decrepitude, obsolescence.† (source)
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By inserting the barrel of an arruginated male key in the hole of an unstable female lock, obtaining a purchase on the bow of the key and turning its wards from right to left, withdrawing a bolt from its staple, pulling inward spasmodically an obsolescent unhinged door and revealing an aperture for free egress and free ingress.† (source)obsolescent = becoming outdated
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