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obsolete

adjective
🔊/ˈɒbsəliːt/
🔊/ˌɑːbsəˈliːt/
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  1. no longer used because something new has been invented淘汰的；废弃的；过时的 synonym out of date
    • obsolete technology过时技术
    • With technological changes many traditional skills have become obsolete.随着技术的革新，许多传统技艺已被淘汰。🔊🔊
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • become
    • make something
    • …
    adverb
    • completely
    • totally
    • increasingly
    • …
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    Word Originlate 16th cent.: from Latin obsoletus ‘grown old, worn out’, past participle of obsolescere ‘fall into disuse’.