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obsoleting
Variant of obsolete
adjective
- no longer in use or practice; discarded
- no longer in fashion; out-of-date; passé
- Biol. rudimentary or poorly developed as compared with its counterpart in other individuals of a related species, the opposite sex, etc.; vestigial: said of an organ, etc.
transitive verb obsoleted, obsoleting
to make obsolete, as by replacing with something newer
Related Forms:
- obsoletely adverb
- obsoleteness noun
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