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ob·so·les·cent

 (ŏb′sə-lĕs′ənt)
adj.
1. Being in the process of passing out of use or usefulness; becoming obsolete.
2. Biology Becoming reduced during the course of evolution; vestigial or nearly vestigial. Used of an organ or other part of an organism.
[Latin obsolēscēns, obsolēscent-, present participle of obsolēscere, to fall into disuse : ob-, away; see ob- + solēre, to be accustomed to.]
ob′so·les′cence n.
ob′so·les′cent·ly adv.
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obsolescent

(ˌɒbsəˈlɛsənt)
adj
becoming obsolete or out of date
[C18: from Latin obsolescere; see obsolete]
ˌobsoˈlescence n
ˌobsoˈlescently adv
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ob•so•les•cent

(ˌɒb səˈlɛs ənt)

adj.
becoming obsolete; passing out of use, as a word.
[1745–55; < Latin obsolēscere to fall into disuse. See obsolete, -escent]
ob`so•les′cence, n.
ob`so•les′cent•ly, adv.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Adj.1.obsolescent - becoming obsolete
noncurrent - not current or belonging to the present time
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obsolescent

adjective outdated, passé, old-fashioned, declining, waning, out of date, dying out, unfashionable, antiquated, on the way out, outmoded, on the wane, on the decline, becoming obsolete, behind the times, out of style, past its prime, démodé (French), out of the ark (informal), not with it (informal) outmoded, obsolescent equipment
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Translations
forældet
elavulófélben levõ
sem er úreltur
nykimasnykstantis
novecojis
zastarávajúci

obsolescent

[ˌɒbsəˈlesnt] ADJ → que está cayendo en desuso
to be obsolescent → estar cayendo en desuso
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obsolescent

[ˌɒbsəˈlɛsənt] adj [equipment, machine] → obsolescent(e), obsolète
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obsolescent

adj → allmählich außer Gebrauch kommend; to be obsolescent → anfangen zu veralten; (machine, process etc) → technisch (fast) überholt sein
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obsolescent

[ˌɒbsəˈlɛsnt] adj → obsolescente
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

obsolescent

(obsəˈlesnt) adjective
going out of use. obsolescent slang.
ˌobsoˈlescence noun
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
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