obsolete

Etymology
, past participle of ; see.

Adjective

 * 1)  No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused or neglected (often in favour of something newer).
 * 2)  Imperfectly developed; not very distinct.
 * 1)  Imperfectly developed; not very distinct.
 * 1)  Imperfectly developed; not very distinct.
 * 1)  Imperfectly developed; not very distinct.
 * 1)  Imperfectly developed; not very distinct.

Collocations

 * obsolete word
 * obsolete phrase
 * obsolete equipment
 * obsolete computer
 * obsolete technology
 * obsolete weapon
 * obsolete machine
 * obsolete law
 * obsolete statute
 * obsolete currency
 * obsolete building
 * obsolete idea
 * obsolete skill
 * obsolete concept
 * obsolete custom
 * obsolete theory
 * obsolete tradition
 * obsolete institution

Translations

 * Arabic: عفا عليها الزمن
 * Azerbaijani:, köhnəlmiş
 * Breton:
 * Bulgarian: излязъл от употреба
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Danish: gået af brug,
 * Dutch:, , in onbruik
 * Esperanto: troantikva
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:, ,
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Icelandic: úreltur
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: seanchaite
 * Italian:, in disuso
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Latin: obsolētus
 * Latvian: novecojis
 * Maori: tūnguru
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Polish:, zdezaktualizowany
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ieșit din uz, scos din uz, ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:, ur bruk
 * Tamil: வழக்கற்றுப்போன
 * Turkish:
 * Vietnamese: ,
 * Welsh: anarferedig,
 * Zazaki: ,


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Dutch:
 * Greek:
 * Hindi: अर्धविकसित
 * Japanese:

Verb

 * 1)  To cause to become obsolete.

Usage notes

 * is often used in computing and other technical fields to indicate an effort to remove or replace something.
 * Compare.

Synonyms

 * ; see also Thesaurus:make older

Translations

 * Japanese: 廃止する
 * Maori: whakatūnguru
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: forelde

Adverb

 * 1) old