All 5 Uses of
obsolete
in
Oryx and Crake
- He has the feeling he's quoting from a book, some obsolete, ponderous directive written in aid of European colonials running plantations of one kind or another.†
p. 4.9obsolete = no longer in general use because it was replaced by something better
- His entire head is becoming one big stash of obsolete fridge magnets.†
p. 148.6
- The more obsolete a book was, the more eagerly Jimmy would add it to his inner collection.†
p. 195.5
- It was like a giant slug eating its way relentlessly through all the other bioforms on the planet, grinding up life on earth and shitting it out the backside in the form of pieces of manufactured and soon-to-be-obsolete plastic junk.†
p. 243.4
- Then he'd stay up too late, and once in bed he'd stare at the ceiling, telling over his lists of obsolete words for the comfort that was in them.†
p. 261.1 *