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Meanings of obsolescent in English

In the process of becoming obsolete, but not obsolete yet.

Obsolescent.

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Examples for "deprecated"
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The archbishop who attended to us deprecated the idea of india-rubber buttons.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 153, November 14, 1917
2
Pitt then deprecated the effort to inflame the insular pride of Irishmen.
William Pitt and the Great War
3
He deprecated the dissolution of the Union, but desired relief for Ireland.
A Political Diary, 1828-1830, Volume II
4
As for the distinctions of rights he deprecated all reasonings about them.
The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. / From the Acc...
5
Ever since the Christian era, of course, the physical has been deprecated.
The City of Domes : a walk with an architect about the courts an...
Usage of obsolescent in English
1
We convinced that big planes are constructed on obsolescent principles... View Article
The new yorker
2
Digital Human Storage hasn't made interrogation obsolescent, it's just brought back the basics.
Altered carbon
3
But, furthermore, the great body of Elizabethan and Stuart literature was already obsolescent.
A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century
4
ROPE, n. An obsolescent appliance for reminding assassins that they too are mortal.
The Devil's Dictionary
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War between man and man is an obsolescent form of heroism.
The Moral Economy
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It's only a matter of time before it collapses under its own obsolescent weight.
Turn coat
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The obsolescent Atahocan seems to have had no moral activity.
Myth, Ritual and Religion, Vol. 1 (of 2)
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He was sixty-five, pompous, large, and rubicund- a"backwoodsman "ofa pattern obsolescent.
The Grey Room
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It has worked so well that we find it unthinkable that OBI might be obsolescent.
The Irish Times
10
Russian emissions are currently far below the levels produced by obsolescent ex-Soviet smokestack industries in 1990.
Reuters
11
Perry, Moral Economy, p. 32; War between man and man is an obsolescent form of heroism.
Problems of Conduct: An Introductory Survey of Ethics
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It's especially for people who like obsolescent machines.
Wired
13
The Poles had kindly removed these quaint, if obsolescent, devices before selling the chopper to Petro-UK.
Deep black
14
A curmudgeon attached to an obsolescent computing environment.
The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000
15
Those are all obsolescent, though not yet dead.
The Guardian
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They have long since become almost obsolescent.
The Irish Times
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