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obsolescent

/ˌɒbsəˈlɛs(ə)nt

adjective

Becoming obsolete: obsolescent equipment obsolescent slang...

The National Audit Office have reported that the Armed Forces are having to make do with ageing and sometimes obsolescent equipment because new systems are years behind their projected delivery dates.
The bulk of China's order-of-battle, however, consists of obsolescent Soviet-styled and Soviet-built equipment.
Too much equipment was obsolescent, and the lack of capital investment adversely affected productivity.

Synonyms

dying out, becoming obsolete, going out of use, going out of fashion, on the decline, declining, waning, on the wane, disappearing, past its prime, ageing, moribund, on its last legs, out of date, outdated, old-fashioned, outmoded

informal on the way out, past it

Derivatives

obsolesce

/ˌɒbsəˈlɛs

/ verb

existing systems begin to obsolesce...

People are spread out in barricaded towers, and sprawling single-storey barrios, both in the same unbending concrete, and with doors, windows and cladding that have long since begun to degrade and obsolesce.
He then goes on to say that every technology amplifies or enhances some human capability, while also obsolescing a previous technology.
Grand, final-solution buildings obsolesce and have to be torn down because they were too overspecified to their original purpose to adapt easily to anything else.

Origin

Mid 18th century: from Latin obsolescent- 'falling into disuse', from the verb obsolescere.

单词	obsolescent
释义	obsolescent /ˌɒbsəˈlɛs(ə)nt / adjective Becoming obsolete: obsolescent equipment obsolescent slang... The National Audit Office have reported that the Armed Forces are having to make do with ageing and sometimes obsolescent equipment because new systems are years behind their projected delivery dates. The bulk of China's order-of-battle, however, consists of obsolescent Soviet-styled and Soviet-built equipment. Too much equipment was obsolescent, and the lack of capital investment adversely affected productivity. Synonyms dying out, becoming obsolete, going out of use, going out of fashion, on the decline, declining, waning, on the wane, disappearing, past its prime, ageing, moribund, on its last legs, out of date, outdated, old-fashioned, outmoded informal on the way out, past it Derivatives obsolesce /ˌɒbsəˈlɛs / verb existing systems begin to obsolesce... People are spread out in barricaded towers, and sprawling single-storey barrios, both in the same unbending concrete, and with doors, windows and cladding that have long since begun to degrade and obsolesce. He then goes on to say that every technology amplifies or enhances some human capability, while also obsolescing a previous technology. Grand, final-solution buildings obsolesce and have to be torn down because they were too overspecified to their original purpose to adapt easily to anything else. Origin Mid 18th century: from Latin obsolescent- 'falling into disuse', from the verb obsolescere. Rhymes acquiescent, adolescent, albescent, Besant, coalescent, confessant, convalescent, crescent, depressant, effervescent, erubescent, evanescent, excrescent, flavescent, fluorescent, immunosuppressant, incandescent, incessant, iridescent, juvenescent, lactescent, liquescent, luminescent, nigrescent, opalescent, pearlescent, phosphorescent, pubescent, putrescent, quiescent, suppressant, turgescent, virescent, viridescent
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obsolescent

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obsolesce

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