Definitions for obsolete

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obsolete ob·so·lete

Spelling: [ob-suh-leet, ob-suh-leet]

IPA: /ˌɒb səˈlit, ˈɒb səˌlit/

Obsolete is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 219 anagrams from letters in obsolete (beeloost).

Definitions for obsolete

adjective

1. no longer in general use; fallen into disuse:
2. of a discarded or outmoded type; out of date:
3. (of a linguistic form) no longer in use, especially, out of use for at least the past century. Compare archaic.
4. effaced by wearing down or away.
5. Biology. imperfectly developed or rudimentary in comparison with the corresponding character in other individuals, as of the opposite sex or of a related species.

verb (used with object)

1. to make obsolete by replacing with something newer or better; antiquate:

Origin of obsolete

1570-80; Latin obsolētus, past participle of obsolēscere to fall into disuse, perhaps equivalent to ob- ob- + sol(ēre) to be accustomed to + -ēscere Examples for obsolete

And fashion editor Lynn Yaeger thinks print magazines are becoming "obsolete."

Nothing can be obsolete that is of divine institution, your Eminence.

Navigating this brave new world is the inventively-named Anana, an employee at a soon to be obsolete print dictionary.

In this sense the word is obsolete; so is that kind of government.

If we used 'em all the time they wouldn't get obsolete, would they?

Getting rid of obsolete laws is not something Congress does often.

But Predators are vulnerable to even the most obsolete surface-to-air missiles or air-to-air fighter aircraft.

That data (collected in 2012 and 2013) is obsolete: Jesse Logan confirms both areas are “now showing significant mortality.”

Fortunately, this type was not used extensively, and the battery is obsolete.

Wheelwrighting is fast becoming an obsolete art in the North.