Meaning & use
obsolete
No longer in use or produced because something newer and better has replaced it.
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The company stopped making the printer because the technology had become obsolete.
Many words once common in Shakespeare's plays are now obsolete in everyday English.
A note on using this word
Obsolete implies replacement by something more advanced, whereas 'old' simply means having existed for a long time without that implication.
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