Both Uses of
obsolete
in
The Giver
- Snow made growing food difficult, limited the agricultural periods. ... It wasn't a practical thing, so it became obsolete when we went to Sameness.
p. 84.1 *obsolete = no longer in use
- [speaking of the word love] "Your father means that you used a very generalized word, so meaningless that it's become almost obsolete," his mother explained carefully.
p. 127.3
Definition:
no longer in general use because it was replaced by something better