Friday, 23 September 2016

Obsolete

Friday 23rd September 2016

Obsolete /ˈɒbsəˌliːt; ˌɒbsəˈliːt/

Adjective
1. Out of use or practice; not current
2. Out of date; unfashionable or outmoded
3. (Biology) (of parts, organs, etc) vestigial; rudimentary

Derived Forms
Adverb – obsoletely
Noun - obsoleteness

Quote
That data (collected in 2012 and 2013) is obsolete : Jesse Logan confirms
both areas are “now showing significant mortality.”
What It Takes to Kill a Grizzly Bear – Doug Peacock 22 November 2014

Origin
C16: from Latin obsolētus worn out, past participle of obsolēre
(unattested), from ob- opposite to + solēre to be used


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