adjective as in no longer in use, in vogue
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anachronistic, ancient, antediluvian, antique, bygone, dated, dead, dead and gone, dinosaur, discarded, disused, done for, dusty, extinct, fossil, gone, had it, has-been, horse and buggy, kaput, moldy, moth-eaten, old, old-fashioned, old-hat, old-school, out, out-of-fashion, outworn, passé, stale, superannuated, superseded, timeworn, unfashionable
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Example Sentences
In a 2016 presentation, the county suggested S.N.A.P. was too costly, had “low acceptance by the disability community, obsolete software,” and “limited utilization for emergency planning.”
During the 2024 election, the American mainstream news media continued to practice its obsolete norms of “fairness,” “balance,” “objectivity,” and “neutrality.”
But no other tower was ever built, so these futuristic cubes stayed there, started to decay and became obsolete.
I recall a starry revival of “A Doll’s House” many years ago that made me want to dismiss Ibsen’s play as creakily obsolete.
Before we dismiss the penny as obsolete, we should ask: What happens when cash is gone?
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.