What Is The Definition Of OBSOLETE?

What Is The Meaning And Definition Of OBSOLETE?

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Slide 1: What is the meaning and definition of obsolete?

Slide 2: OBSOLETE. The stress is on the first syllable, OB◦suh◦lete.

Definition: no longer in use, out-of-date

The clipart shows an old diving suit which is no longer used.

Let’s look at an illustrated sentence example.

Slide 3: We see a red telephone box in a city street in the United Kingdom, something that nowadays seems quite out-of-date.

SENTENCE EXAMPLE: “I thought public pay phones became obsolete years ago!”

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More examples of the word ‘obsolete’:
He suggested the nation’s health-care system was “obsolete” and not prepared to deal with a pandemic of this magnitude.
Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/amid-coronavirus-pandemic-trump-makes-promises-he-cant-always-keep/2020/03/19/ccd58d60-6a14-11ea-9923-57073adce27c_story.html

The formula used to calculate the Canadian payment is now obsolete; what was supposed to equal half of the downstream power benefits from the Canadian dams now represents almost all the downstream power benefits.
Source: https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/terminate-the-other-treaty-with-canada/

Instead of incineration, said Lunder, the foam should be disposed of with technologies like those used to destroy the nation’s stockpile of obsolete chemical weapons.
Source: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jan/20/defence-department-toxic-pollution-pfas-foam

If you are interested in the definition of obsolete, check another interesting word here:
The Definition of SPORADIC

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