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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becoming obsolete or out of date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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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adjective outdated, passé, old-fashioned, declining, waning, out of date, dying out, unfashionable, antiquated, on the way out, outmoded, on the wane, on the decline, becoming obsolete, behind the times, out of style, past its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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sem er úreltur
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obsolescent
[ˌɒbsəˈlesnt] ADJ → que está cayendo en desusoto be obsolescent → estar cayendo en desuso
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obsolescent
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obsolescent
(obsəˈlesnt) adjective going out of use. obsolescent slang.
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