All 4 Uses of
obsolete
in
1984 by Orwell
- The Eleventh Edition won't contain a single word that will become obsolete before the year 2050.
p. 51..1obsolete = outdated (old-fashioned, and replaced with something better)
- Then he went on: 'What I had really intended to say was that in your article I noticed you had used two words which have become obsolete.'
p. 158..1 *obsolete = replaced with something better
- A large part of the political literature of five years was now completely obsolete.
p. 182..4obsolete = outdated (old-fashioned, and replaced with something better)
- Even when weapons of war are not actually destroyed, their manufacture is still a convenient way of expending labour power without producing anything that can be consumed. A Floating Fortress, for example, has locked up in it the labour that would build several hundred cargo-ships. Ultimately it is scrapped as obsolete, never having brought any material benefit to anybody, and with further enormous labours another Floating Fortress is built.
p. 191..4
Definition:
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(obsolete) no longer in general use because it was replaced by something better