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obsolete
in
The Handmaid's Tale
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It was obsolete by then, you couldn't buy anything with it.†
Chpt 28 *

obsolete = no longer in general use because it was replaced by something better
I use the word "enjoy" in two distinct senses, precluding, of course, the obsolete third.†
Chpt 47
Within this footlocker, which was sealed with tape of the kind once used on packages to be sent by post, were approximately thirty tape cassettes, of the type that became obsolete sometime in the eighties or nineties with the advent of the compact disc.†
Chpt 47

Definitions:

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