Definition of Obsolete

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Obsolete

No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused; neglected; as, an obsolete word; an obsolete statute; -- applied chiefly to words, writings, or observances.

Not very distinct; obscure; rudimental; imperfectly developed; abortive.

To become obsolete; to go out of use.

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Obsolete Quotations

I call upon the scientific community in our country, those who gave us nuclear weapons, to turn their great talents now to the cause of mankind and world peace: to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete.
Ronald Reagan

When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course.
Peter Drucker

Either war is obsolete, or men are.
R. Buckminster Fuller

Adults are obsolete children.
Theodor Geisel

Happiness is obsolete: uneconomic.
Theodor Adorno

In this business it takes time to be really good - and by that time, you're obsolete.
Cher

Marriage is obsolete and a trap.
Catherine Deneuve

The sage belongs to the same obsolete repertory as the virtuous maiden and the enlightened monarch.
Mason Cooley

Anything on paper is obsolete!
Craig Bruce

That's why editors and publishers will never be obsolete: a reader wants someone with taste and authority to point them in the direction of the good stuff, and to keep the awful stuff away from their door.
Walter Jon Williams

Obsolete Translations

obsolete in Spanish is anticuado, anticuado

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