Both Uses

obsolete
in
The Shining
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He had stuck his hand through some rotted flashing in high summer and that hand and his whole arm had been consumed in holy, righteous fire, destroying conscious thought, making the concept of civilized behavior obsolete.†
Chpt 3 *

obsolete = no longer in general use because it was replaced by something better
S-S-So I th-th-think we have to say that the fuh-fuh-facts in the c-case Mr. D-D-D-Dorsky cites are ren-ren-rendered obsolete by the ruh-recent duh-duhdecision handed down inin-in ...†
Chpt 3

Definitions:

(1) (obsolete)
no longer in general use because it was replaced by something better
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)